[net-gold] PSYCHOLOGY DISORDERS EATING DISORDERS : INTERNET WEBSITES AND WEB SOURCES: Internet Crackdown on Pro-anorexia Sites
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- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:16:24 -0400 (EDT)
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PSYCHOLOGY DISORDERS EATING DISORDERS :
INTERNET WEBSITES AND WEB SOURCES:
Internet Crackdown on Pro-anorexia Sites
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Internet Crackdown on Pro-anorexia Sites
By LARA SALAHI (@BostonLara)
April 19, 2012
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/
internet-crackdown-pro-anorexia-sites/story?id=16158270
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/826e4g8
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Bowman 26, of New York, is in recovery from a decade-long battle with
anorexia, she said.
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She'd stumbled upon the website in eighth grade, after googling "eating
disorders." Bowman had been skipping meals to lose weight and she wanted
to find out if she was anorexic. She then visited the site often to find
new ways to hide her condition from friends and family.
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Given the many social aggregators that spread information to wider and
wider audiences, Bowman says that today it would be even easier for
someone to find their way to a pro-anorexia site.
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That might not be the case for much longer. In March, social sites like
Tumblr, Facebook, and Pinterest announced they will remove posts and
website information that could promote eating disorders.
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"We aim to sustain Tumblr as a place that facilitates awareness, support
and recovery, and to remove only those blogs that cross the line into
active promotion or glorification of self-harm," Tumblr's revised policy
states.
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This move is one of many efforts that signal a shift in how the public
views eating disorders, according to Claire Mysko, project manager of
Proud2BMe.org, a website that promotes awareness of eating disorders.
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Mysko, who has worked in the field of eating disorders for more than a
decade, said the stigma surrounding the disorder is decreasing. More
people are willing to talk about their problem, and more are willing to
speak up against the unhealthy behavior, she said.
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"There aren't as many who are feeling that ashamed," said Mysko. "We're
making progress in that area."
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The shift in how eating disorders are viewed suggests that prevention and
treatment efforts may be working. Hospitalizations for people with eating
disorders dropped 23 percent between 2007 and 2008, according to the
latest findings from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. This
decline was the first ever noted by the federal agency since it began
tracking hospitalizations in 1999.
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The drop, though, some experts say, may largely be due to the lack of
insurance coverage on designated treatments for eating disorders,
particularly hospitalizations.
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As much as $5 to 6 billion per year is spent treating eating disorder
patients in the U.S., with hospitalizations comprising only a small part
of the total cost, according to the National Eating Disorders Association.
In many cases, patients like Bowman must pay out-of-pocket.
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The reason pro-eating disorder websites are so popular among patients, he
says, is because they offer the opportunity for someone suffering from an
eating disorder to immerse herself in an environment with other
like-minded people, where they can learn new, damaging behaviors, Bermudez
said.
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"Contagion, comparison, and competition are part and parcel of the eating
disorder way of living," said Bermudez.
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Group therapies offer a substitute community, and are becoming more
critical to treatment, he said. Family-based programs, too, have become a
key ingredient for many recovering patients, offering reinforcement of
healthy behaviors, he said.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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