Coping at Christmas
Some prominent (M)ED experiencers, campaigners, and talented practitioners are offering a workshop based around yoga and compassion to help people and/or their carers & families tackle what is (speaking from…
Posts Categorized: Eating Disorders in Men
Books About Male Eating Disorders 2
Not all of these would be strictly termed diagnosed eating disorders, so please forgive the mislabelling of the post. However, all do recount personal experiences of disordered eating along with…
The Fat Male Body in Eating Disorders Research
[originally published pre-book publication] I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what it means to be a binge-eater who is male…and fat. Gone are the days when my bingeing was…
Books About Male Eating Disorders 3
My post for Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2020, and our third post in my series about books where the topical focus is male eating disorders, complement’s last month’s post. The…
Books About Male Eating Disorders 1
These are just those scholarly/scientific books that are solely on male eating disorders, with the exception of the Invisible Man by John F Morgan, which is a self-help book. Coming…
‘Bigorexia’ and Muscularity-Oriented Eating Disorder (MODE)
A prolific colleague in Australia, Dr Scott Griffiths, produced this TED talk two years ago, which I was reminded of when it was played to the assembled audience at an…
Weight Stigma in Men: What, When, and by Whom?
Dr Stephen Anderson alerted me to this via Twitter. Not technically MED research but a significant consideration in my thesis, my book, and the new data I am analysing. It’s…
MAN in the media
In this case, of course, I’m referring to the apt but tritely wrought acronym for Male Anorexia Nervosa. Men with body image issues and anorexia have hit the media once…
Male Eating Disorders: Experiences of Food, Body and Self
It’s here – well, actually it was here back in November as an e-book but this year my book came out in print. As a bibliophile, I can barely describe…
Hope with Eating Disorders Launches Today
It’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2019 – an excellent time to focus on a new book. Biased as I am (having authored Chapter 8 Eating Disorders in Men), this book…
Do a PhD in Male Eating Disorders
For people who wish to self-fund doctoral studies for their continuing professional development or initial research training, there is a new opportunity to study with me at Bradford. “Eating Disorders…
Tresca’s An Exploration of Men’s Experiences of Motivation to Change in Relation to their Journey with Anorexia Nervosa.
Barbara Tresca, whom I met a goodly while ago, now – 2015, I think – has completed her clinical psychology doctorate and her thesis is now available. Her diligent and…