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Our Aftercare Group's NEDAwareness Week Mission

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:37:31 GMT

As part of NEDAwareness Week, our Aftercare Group gave back to current patients in treatment by honoring the mission of Operation Beautiful: they covered up patients' bathroom mirrors with positive messages of beauty. Our photos have been selected to be displayed on Operation Beautiful's web site, as well as the National Eating Disorder Association's (NEDA) web site. Visit www.operationbeautiful.com, scroll down to the bottom of the homepage, and click on "Saturday Notes - February 27, 2010" or click here to view the photos! In addition, the photos are available for viewing on the McCallum Place Facebook page or by clicking here. A special thank you to our Aftercare Group for spreading the power of positivity!

Register for 2nd Annual St. Louis NEDA WALK!

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:34:04 GMT

SAVE THE DATE! The 2nd Annual NEDA Walk (1 mile) will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 10am! McCallum Place will be hosting the walk again this year. The location of the Walk is once again at Tower Grove Park's Sons of Rest Pavillion. McCallum Place's Kate Evett, RD, LD is the St. Louis area's NEDA Walk Coordinator. Click here for a map of Tower Grove Park and surrounding area. The NEDA Walk is a collective effort of volunteers who are committed to raising awareness of the dangers surrounding eating disorders and the need for early intervention and treatment. All proceeds will go to NEDA!

Online Registration and fundraising are now available. Click here for online registration. Registration is $30 and this includes the event T-shirt. To volunteer or for more information, email info@mccallumplace.com.

Check out our Event Page on Facebook for more detailed information and for an RSVP option by clicking here.

Sponsors of this event include:

Successful Eating Disorders Awareness Day at the Capitol!

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:08:32 GMT

Many thanks to everyone who participated in the 2nd Annual Eating Disorders Awareness Day which was held Tuesday, February 2, at the Missouri State Capitol Building–Jefferson City, MO–The Rotunda. If you missed the day, please try to attend next year. Every year, the event gets better and more powerful. It is a great opportunity to educate elected officials about eating disorders and demonstrate that this bill is important to Missouri citizens.

I’d like to thank our speakers who inspired us and empowered us: Rebecca Lester, Katie Seal, Tara Osseck (Miss Missouri 2009), Jessica Sullivan (Miss Springfield 2009) and John Culp all reminded us of why this legislation is so important. Our legislative sponsors, Representative Rachel Storch, Representative Rick Stream and Senator David Pearce, talked about the process and encouraged us to keep educating elected officials about this disease. Getting a bill passed takes consistency, effort and commitment and while we are well on the way to success, we must keep up the pressure.

We currently have 34 co-sponsors for the house bill, which is amazing progress. Last session we had 9 co-sponsors!

Following are some of the exciting outcomes from this year’s Eating Disorders Awareness day.

We had representation from Warrensburg, Springfield, Lexington, St. Louis and Kansas City.
We proved to legislators that eating disorders is a state-wide disease.
We have many more Representatives and Senators evaluating the bill, which means they have been moved to action.
We will be following up with them to persuade them to support the bill.

Many thanks to Michelle Zignago who generously donated her time to develop the flyers and ED Awareness Day Stickers! Michelle also donated her time last year and provided us with professional and impactful materials throughout the session.

Support Eating Disorders Legislation! Eating disorders are misunderstood , stigmatized and not treated seriously. Insurance does not provide fair coverage or access to treatment. Yet eating disorders have the highest fatality rate of any mental illness. We must show legislators this issue is important! Meet with your state Representative and Senator to let them know why this legislation is important to you. Please know who your state reps are. Go to www.mo.gov for the legislator lookup.
We need your help to show legislators there is a real need for assistance for those suffering from eating disorders.
For more information contact annieseal@sbcglobal.net

NEDAwareness Week Feb. 21-27: Find Events Here!

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:08:15 GMT

Theme: It's Time to Talk About It.
What is NEDAwareness Week?
NEDAwareness Week is a collective effort of primarily volunteers, eating disorder professionals, health care providers, educators, social workers, and individuals committed to raising awareness of the dangers surrounding eating disorders and the need for early intervention and treatment.
FIND NEDAwareness Week Events in St. Louis by clicking here

How NEDAwareness Week Works:
This year, NEDA is calling for everyone to do just one thing to help raise awareness and provide accurate information about eating disorders. NEDAwareness Week participants can choose from a huge range of ways to contribute: Distribute info pamphlets and put up posters, write one letter for Media Watchdogs, register as a Volunteer Speaker or host a Volunteer Speaker, coordinate a NEDA Walk, or arrange interactive and educational activities such as panel discussions, fashion shows, body fairs, movie screenings, art exhibits and more. As an official NEDAwareness Week participant you can be involved in any way that works with your schedule, resources, community, and interests. These events and activities attract public media attention - on local, national and international levels.

McCallum Place is an official Sponsor of NEDA and NEDAwareness Week.

McCallum Place is on Facebook!

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:10:36 GMT

McCallum Place now has a Business Page on Facebook! If you have a personal Facebook account, become a fan of our page on Facebook. You will be able to check out the new McCallum Place Business Page on Facebook whether or not you have a personal Facebook account. Visit www.facebook.com/mccallumplace or click here.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Looking Good-but not feeling good"

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:48:31 GMT

Jan 25, 2010 St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Dr. Randy Flanery in Looking good-but not feeling good iwas nterviewed about Brittany Murphy's death as well as body image issues occuring in males.

Read this article!

Dr. McCallum's Latest Interview with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Eating disorders striking more children, men and older women

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:21:43 GMT

By Blythe Bernhard

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

06/04/2009

Eating disorders are mental illnesses, but they increasingly cause serious physical problems and even death. Hospitalizations for complications from eating disorders increased by nearly 20 percent between 1999 and 2006, according to a recent report from the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Patients with anorexia, bulimia and other eating disorders are treated for conditions ranging from dehydration, anemia and kidney failure to cardiac and intestinal problems caused by severe malnutrition. Read More...

Eating disorder bill gets House committee hearing

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:20:30 GMT

May 5, 2009

by Roseann Morning

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

JEFFERSON CITY — Supporters of a bill that would require insurance coverage of eating disorders have accomplished their goal for the session: a committee hearing in both chambers.

The House Special Committee on Health Insurance devoted 35 minutes to the bill today, most of which involved emotional testimony from those most affected by eating disorders.....Read More

Multisite Anorexia Research Study at Washington University

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:19:21 GMT

Free Family therapy for teens with Anorexia Nervosa (AN). To be eligible, families with an adolescent age 12-18 years old with a diagnosis of AN will be randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups. To date, this is the largest National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) funded AN research study. The study will examine two forms of family therapy: Behavioral Family Therapy (BFT) and Systems Family Therapy (SFT). Both treatments have been established as effective treatments for AN. Participation in the study is entirely voluntary and includes family treatment, medication, and medical monitoring. For more information, contact the Project Coordinator at 314-286-0076 at Washington University.

McCallum Place is Blogging!

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:19:09 GMT

McCallum Place is blogging. Current contributing writer is Tara Ossek, Miss Missouri 2009. Read our blogs! http://mccallumplacestl.blogspot.com or click here.

St. Charles native named Miss Missouri

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:26:50 GMT

ASSOCIATED PRESS

June 8, 2009

MEXICO, Mo. -- Tara Osseck, Miss Lake of the Ozarks, was crowned the new
Miss Missouri on Saturday in Mexico, Mo.

The 22-year-old is a native of St. Charles. Her platform for the year will be
"Education and awareness of eating disorders." Her parents are John and Tammy
Osseck of St. Charles....Read More

Hungry to be heard: educators on eating disorders

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:41:49 GMT

The Current

by Suzanne M. Rogers

March 2, 2009

Last week was National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Started by the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), NED Awareness Week is the largest eating disorders outreach effort in the country. This year, the University of Missouri - St. Louis got involved.

UM-St. Louis' Health, Wellness and Counseling Services observed NED Awareness Week on Feb. 25 and held a film viewing in the Oak Hall game room of the documentary Killing Us Softly 3, which followed with a discussion. Almost half of Americans know someone with an eating disorder. Over the course of one's lifetime, 50,000 people who suffer from eating disorders will die as a result of their illness......Read More