Healthy Santa Cruz County - bulimia

Local Links

• Local Help & Information: Eating Disorders
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer programs, help, support or further information about eating disorders. Use this link to search the CID.
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Library Resources

• Find Books: Eating Disorders
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books about anorexia and other eating disorders. Click here to search the library catalog.
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Recommended Websites

• Eating Disorders
  Comprehensive but easy to understand booklet can be downloaded from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
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• Eating Disorders - MedlinePlus
  Special features: News and research updates; Spanish and easy-to-read formats available. From: NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: anorexia, bulimia, eating disorders, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, MedlinePlus, mental conditions / illnesses, mental health, nutrition, parenting, recommended website, research, self-care tools, women's health
• National Alliance on Mental Illness
  The National Alliance on Mental Illness Web site houses resources on a host of mental illnesses, such as depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and borderline personality disorder. The site also provides information on treatments, support groups, and recovery from mental illness.
  Browse related subjects: AD/HD, addiction, bipolar , bulimia, depression, drugs, eating disorders, healthy lifestyle, medications, mental conditions / illnesses, mental health, recommended website, research, suicide
• National Eating Disorders Association
  Special features: Live helpline; Parent & Family Network; online newsletter; advocacy, ask-an-expert service. From: National Eating Disorders Association.
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• Something Fishy Website on Eating Disorders
  Special Features: Emphasis on support and information. Casual, appealing format, live chatrooms, treatment finder. From: CRC Health.
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Databases

• Health and Wellness Resource Center
  Provides health-related information from more than 700 health/medical journals and hundreds of pamphlets (many with full text), 2,200 magazines, and various reference sources.
• MEDLINE® PubMed
  PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes citations and abstracts from MEDLINE, the world's largest database of clinical medical literature. The database indexes more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Citations date back to the 1950s. Some citations link out to relevant information outside of Medline, or to the full text of articles. Tutorials are available and highly recommended for inexperienced users.
• Rosen Teen Health and Wellness
  This database provides middle school and high school students with nonjudgmental, straightforward support. Topics include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, green living, financial literacy, and more.