Crisis Hotlines

• Hennepin County Crisis Intervention Center Crisis Line: (612) 347-2222
• Crisis Connection Crisis Lines: (612) 379-6377
• For non-emergencies call the Crisis Connection Office: (612) 379-6369
• Love Lines Crisis Center Crisis Line: (612) 379-1199
• For non-emergencies call the Love Lines Crisis Center Office: (612) 379-1199

Web Sites

• National Eating Disorders Association
• Support Concern and Resources for Eating Disorders (S.C.A.R.E.D.)
• University of MN Eating Disorders Resource Directory
• Anna Westin Foundation
• Something Fishy
• ACT Professional Counseling
• Total Life Improvement
• www.DadsandDaughters.org - Dads and Daughters is the national advocacy nonprofit for fathers and daughters whose mission is to inspire fathers to actively engage in the lives of daughters. We help fathers play an important role in the lives of their daughters through education and advocacy, and work to transform the pervasive cultural messages that devalue girls and women.
• www.weightandwellness.com - Nutritional Weight & Wellness educates and counsels people to better health. Classes are offered throughout the Twin Cities area for groups, companies and the community. Consultations help people manage chronic conditions through a personal eating plan. Tune in to Dishing Up Nutrition, their popular Saturday radio show on FM 107, to hear life-changing nutrition.
• www.sweptfilms.com

  Richard and Jamie's lives are spinning out of control. He spends nights at the office while both his wife and boss demand more; she finds herself in a recovery center, grappling to unite the voices that fight to preserve and destroy her. When Richard visits Jamie at the center for the first time, this brother and sister begin to break down barriers. Wavering between denial and confrontation, they struggle to find the path towards healing, support, and love.

  Picture from the Film Credits

• Driving Reflections® - an interactive new way to be uplifted from negative thinking and Get It In Your Soul! Sets of affirmations lay on your dashboard and reflect off your windshield for you to read as you drive. 12 Bible based themes or the new 12 Inspirational themes make having a positive attitude a habit. So much time is spent thinking in our cars and Driving Reflections remind and empower you to direct your thoughts for your spiritual health. Therapists recommend Driving Reflections because they are a simple yet powerful way for an individual to continue therapy between counseling sessions. What's driving your thoughts? Get Inspiration for the Road! http://www.getitinyoursoul.com or call 952-828-6897

  The new 12 Inspirational product line themes include:

  Confident Living Courage & Faith Financial Transformation Living Your Dreams Love & Relationships Peace of Mind Personal Power & Insight Power of Forgiveness Spiritual Well-Being Thankfulness & Joy Weight-Loss & Self-Care Variety Pack

The following information came out of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (Feb 27 - March 5th, 2005):

• Girl Culture - A Photographic Exhibition at the Minnesota Center For Photography - http://www.mncp.org
  
  
• Turn Beauty Inside Out events at http://www.tbio.org
  
  
• Eyes Wide Open - a Stages Theatre play about a young girl with an eating disorder - by Jennifer Kirkeby. This will be presented at schools and theaters throughout the twin cities this year and hopefully nationally after that. They will have a website up shortly - until then you can find info through the Stages Theater, Hopkins, MN website.

  Notes from the Author
  Synopsis and Author Bio
  Tour Dates

Take Action

One of the biggest challenges facing those with an eating disorder is health care coverage for treatment. Often insurance doesn’t fully cover treatment, and the patient or family is left with an unbearable decision: go without treatment, or pay for prohibitively expensive treatment out of pocket.

We urge you to write your political representative, urging voluntary mental health parity. Mental health parity requires insurance companies to cover treatment for eating disorders as it would cover treatment for a physical ailment. Although Minnesota has mental health parity, this is not a Federal law, and so even residents of Minnesota whose insurance companies are based outside of the state often do not receive adequate coverage.

For more information about mental health parity and eating disorders, please visit www.eatingdisorderscoalition.org.

To find out the names and contact information for your elected representatives, please visit www.visi.com/juan/congress. The web site has a feature that lets you automatically email your elected representatives with your concern.

To view a sample letter urging your representative to support mental health parity click here.

For more information about this issue, please visit the Anna Westin Foundation, at www.AnnaWestinFoundation.org.

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