Men Get Eating Disorders Too National Conference 2015
Thanks to all who attended the conference and engaged in the excellent discussion activities. Below you’ll find a copy of the slides and also a full set of references supporting…
Posts Categorized: Eating Disorders in Men
Defining Modern Masculinity
Yesterday, I attended one of Bradford Literature Festival‘s brilliant events in the eponymously impressive Impressions Gallery in Bradford Centenary Square. I had already used Peter Lloyd‘s potentially polemic book as…
Male Eating Disorders 3rd Year Psychology Lecture
Here are the resources used in today’s session for you to download. More information can be found elsewhere in this research journal. MEDS Lecture MEDS Lecture References
Orthorexia
Orthorexia has caused mild controversy (in my opinion, at least) as it is not a medically recognised classification and diagnosis. However, when Knight & Bratman’s book is read (Health Food Junkies),…
Pica
It’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week and here’s another (hopefully useful or informative) nugget. Pica is, perhaps, one of the lesser known diagnoses which sometimes is thrown into the pot with…
“Food is not fun”(?)
I’ve been re-reading Jim Kohl’s Skeletal Marriage from which the title quote is taken this week due to some editing work I’m doing on one of my analytical chapters. And…
Eating Disorders Awareness Week
…is coming soon! Monday 23rd February to Sunday 2nd March. If you want to get involved this year then talk to Sam at Men Get Eating Disorders Too.
Male Eating Disorders: Misconceptions and Mistreatment
I’m giving a talk later today at the University of Bradford which explores male eating disorders, proposing some of the misconceptions that abound, and exploring the controversial notion that the…
Masculinities lecture
I wrote a lecture which I delivered a couple of weeks ago, so I’ve uploaded the PDF version. Masculinities – Russell Delderfield (Masculinities References). Not all picture credits are complete (sloppy…
Achalasia or Anorexia Nervosa?
One of the issues that clinicians face is that eating disorders are not simple to diagnose. Take for instance, achalasia. This is a rare physical disorder that affects the oesophagus…
Drafting a thesis
At least everything exists in a rough draft form by now but just when the end looks ever closer re-reading a chapter immediately prior to sending it to my supervisors…
Too close for comfort? The emotional labour of researching eating disorders.
“In order to understand, I destroyed myself.” ― Fernando Pessoa I feel wrung out. As the end of writing my thesis draws ever nearer I feel a little as if…