A California paper printed an article today called STARVED: Anorexia is the bad friend who lies to you on the "eating disorder identity" named ED that needs to be addressed in treatment. The article also gives an overview of various eating disorders and eating disorder treatment options.

Although the story they refer to doesn't completely outline the eating disorder treatment approaches at Selah House, it does give an understanding of eating disorder issues. A portion of the counseling focus in our program includes the resident regaining a sense of of their own identity and moving away from their ED identity. This is a part of gaining freedom and recovery from their eating disorder.

Link to the Article on Eating Disorder Identity (Please note that the page you link to is not owned by Selah House and may contain some advertisements and material that don't represent our philosophies)

We recently updated our Selah in the Media page on our website with a video of Selah's Program Director, Misty Rees being interviewed. She appeared on a local TV station's (WIWU) broadcast called Crossroads. The program typically features stories of interest to this area of the Midwest. The interview centered around eating disorder issues on the college campus, Misty's testimony of gaining freedom from her own eating disorder years ago, how to get eating disorder treatment, and Selah House's beginnings.  

Click here to link to the Media page and view video.

The Chicago Tribune printed an article today on insurance coverage of eating disorders in Illinois. There is legislation in process dealing with anorexia and bulimia treatment. Here is an excerpt: "Illinois lawmakers can't do much about the physical and emotional toll, but they did move to ease the financial burden on families, recently approving legislation that would require insurance companies to pay for treatment of anorexia and bulimia. If Gov. Rod Blagojevich signs the bill, Illinois will become the 17th state to mandate such coverage. The measure is part of a larger national debate about addressing inequities in insurance coverage between psychiatric and physical ailments." Click Here to read the article about insurance for eating disorder treatment.

(Please note that the page you link to is not owned by Selah House and may contain advertisements and material that don't represent our philosophies)

Selah House's Eating Disorder Treatment Program Director, Misty Rees gave a presentation called "Understanding Eating Disorders" at the ACSD (Association of Christians in Student Development) 2008 National Conference in June at Cedarville University in Ohio. Counselors and Student Development professionals from Christian colleges and universities from throughout the Midwest and the US were in attendance.

Topics discussed were: differentiating anorexia, bulimia and eating disorder NOS, Misty's own testimony of her journey to freedom from an eating disorder, ways to approach someone struggling so they will get help with an eating disorder, special concerns on college campus' in dealing with anorexia and bulimia. Emphasis was placed on the underlying issues surrounding eating disorders and why food is not the issue. Body image concerns and societal influences were covered as well.

Several questions came from the audience on issues such as: identifying why a peron might need residential eating disorder treatment versus outpatient, how to encourage someone to take the first step in getting help, special concerns around treating men, and the increase in occurances of eating disorders especially in some sports cultures.