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Resources for Men Treatment Centers and Programs
River Oaks Hospital
www.riveroakshospital.com
1525 River Oaks Road West
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123
(504) 734-1740
(800) 366-1740
This treatment center has a separate “males-only” program. It helps address body image issues specific to men.
Rogers Memorial Hospital
www.rogershospital.org/index2.php
34700 Valley Road
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin 53066
Best-known males-only program. It is one of the most populated by men or boys (comprising 20 percent of their total patients). Males live separately from females and have segregated group treatment programs.
University of Iowa Eating Disorder Program
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
www.uihealthcare.com/index.htm
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, Iowa 52242 319-384-8442
800-777-8442
All male psychotherapy group. Dads invited for family therapy. The treatment program involves healthy exercise and strength-training as an adjunct to putting on weight.
Articles
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"Father's Day Advice: Smart Workouts for
Smart Dads." Trisha Gura, June 1 2007. (Read
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“Survey Puts New Focus on Binge Eating as a Diagnosis,”
Nicholas Bakalar,
New York Times, February 13, 2007. |
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“Aussie men hit by serious eating disorders”
Michelle Cazzulino, The Daily Telegraph,April 30, 2007. |
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“The prevalence and correlates of eating disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication” J.I. Hudson,
E. Hiripi, H.G. Pope Jr, R.C. Kessler,
Biological Psychiatry 61: 348-58, 2007. Discusses clinical measures of the incidence of anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder. |
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“The epidemiology of eating disorder behaviors: an Australian community-based survey”,
P., Hay, The International Journal of Eating Disorders 23: 37-82, 1998. |
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Anorexia Treatment
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Bulimia Treatment
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Binge Eating Disorder Treatment
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Books
Arnold Anderson, ed. Males With Eating Disorders (New York: Brunner/Mazel), 1990.
This book is a compilation of chapters from many authors/therapists that covers the history, incidence, treatment outcomes and social implications of eating disorders in males, primarily anorexia and bulimia.
Amazon
Jenny Langley, Boys Get Anorexia Too,
(Paul Chapman Educational Publishing) 2006
http://www.boyanorexia.com/
Written by a mother whose son developed anorexia at the age of twelve. A practical guide for parents on how to cope with male eating disorders.
Gurze Books.
List of titles specifically for men as well as articles on the topic of male eating disorders.
http://www.gurze.net/site12_5_00/abouteating_males.htm
Videorecordings
Eno Productions for Cambridge, Body image for boys [videorecording]. Producer, Chris Scherer and Laura Ling. (Monmouth Junction, NJ : Cambridge Educational), c 2002. This program explores some of the issues facing young men today as they struggle for identity amid media images of male physical perfection.
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