RECOMMENDED LINKS:

 

Many of these links have excellent information and links to other sites.  The sites we list here are those which we as parents have found most useful.

 

Information About Eating Disorders:
            Canadian Mental Health Association
            www.cmhawdb.on.ca/eating.htm    Western Nova Scotia: www.cmhayds.com

            The National Eating Disorder Information Centre
            www.nedic.ca/

            Gurze Books: Eating Disorders Resources
            http://bulimia.com/

For Teachers: 
               Teaching Students with Mental Health Disorders: Eating Disorders
               http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/edi/welcome.htm


For Parents:
               Comprehensive resource centre for patients and family members coping with anorexia, bulimia and binge eating.
               http://www.something-fishy.org/

               Tools for fathers to strengthen relationships with their daughters and to transform the pervasive messages that value young women more for how they look than who they are.
               http://www.dadsanddaughters.org/

For Books:
               Good search engine and great book reviews and service.
               http://www.amazon.ca

                Huge selection of books on eating disorders.
                http://www.gurze.net/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PLST&Store_Code=GB   

                Very comprehensive collection of mental health books, DVD’s etc    

                http://www.westerncounties.ca  (western Nova Scotia library lending service)


Nova Scotia Department of Health - Mental Health Branch:
                Media release of support for Edcoms Presentations
                http://www.gov.ns.ca/health/release.asp?id=20030210001


   

Inclusion on this list is in no way an endorsement of these sites.  Edcoms is not responsible for the information content of these sites.