#138: Eating Disorders in Midlife with Karen Samuels

Karen Samuels, PhD. is the Director and Co-Founder of COPE: Community Outreach to Prevent Eating Disorders (2001), a NEDA NETWORK partner. Dr Samuels was awarded the 2014 NEDA Westin Family Award for Activism and Advocacy.

We discuss topics including:

• As we age eating disorders and body changes are different in younger years as opposed to older years
• As an adult we have established a formed identity vs. when a child develops an eating disorder they have formed other areas in their life
• It is never too late to get support with an eating disorder
• The denial of getting help
• The lack of treatment for older folx
• The importance of sharing your story as an older client

SHOW NOTES:

• www.yogipsychologist.com
• www.cope-ect.org
• https://www.instagram.com/yogipsychologist/
• https://www.chatsinthelivingroom.com/virtual-support-groups 
• https://eatingdisorderfoundation.org/
• https://eatingdisorderfoundation.org/get-help/support-groups/sign-up/
• https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/TheEatingDisorderFoundation/virtual.html 
• (article): Detecting eating disorders in midlife 
• ACP Internist (American College of Physicians) · Feb 1, 2021 
• https://www.acpinternist.org/archives/2021/02/detecting-eating-disorders-in-midlife.htm?_ga=2.103345856.1109949727.1613538395-2121742477.1613538395&_gac=1.150819268.1613538395.Cj0KCQiA962BBhCzARIsAIpWEL2iqiXzYTn92Gsm3LCe9EbuIjEeg1ZNX0hcb0h7yW5zeVnSK9f8r7Ma 
• (pdf): Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, and Body Image in Midlife and Older Women 
• Current Psychiatry Reports,# Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2019 · Aug 1, 2019Current
• https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11920-019-1057-5