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Nuggets Become Boulders for Change

January 16, 2008 in Access to ED Care/Treatment, Accurate Information Campaigns in ED's, Adolescent Eating Behaviors, American Journal of Psychiatry, anorexia, Anorexia Nervosa, Community Health Education, Dr Cynthia Bulik, Eating Disorder Advocacy, Eating Disorder Research, Eating Disorders, ED advocacy, ED Hope & Recovery, Erase Stigma of Anorexia, Evidence Based Treatment for Eating Disorders, Genetic and Environmental causes of ED's, Health, Health Care, Insurance Coverage and ED's, Insurance Disparity, International Journal of Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Neuroscience and Eating Disorders, news, Policy & Action, Questionnaire Studies/Data, Research and Recovery, Science, Sociocultural Factors in Eating Disorders, UNC study | Tags: Access to ED Treatment, biology, Blame-Based Stigma, Dr Cynthia Bulik, Eating Disorder Advocacy, Eating Disorder Research, ED Support, Environmental Factors in ED's, Erase Stigma of Anorexia, Evidence Based Treatment for Eating Disorders, genetic/biological components to ED's, Health Care, Insurance Coverage and ED's, International Journal of Eating Disorders, journalism, media, Mental Health, Michele A. Crisatulli, news, Questionnaire Studies/Data, research, Science, Sociocultural Factors in Eating Disorders, UNC study, UNC.edu, University of North Carolina Eating Disorders Program | Leave a comment

The news of UNC’s study has been bustling about, but it’s worth posting this fine gem of a quote from senior author and director of UNC’s Eating Disorders Program, Dr Cynthia Bulik: “even a nugget of accurate biological information can influence how health care professionals preceive the illness” -and similarly can change the perceptions of others as well.

Nuggets of Information- Boulders of Truth… “POW!”