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The Something Fishy Website on Eating Disorder is meant to be used for informational purposes only, and to provide a place for peer-support to the friends and family of those suffering, and to those who suffer with Eating Disorders themselves. It is meant to give you some hope and incentive in reaching out for help, and to be a reference place of resources to get you started on your own personal road to recovery, through national organizations, local treatment options, on-line support, and links to other websites on the topic. Most of all it is meant as a reminder to everyone out there suffering, "you are not alone."

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Content and Credits:
The material contained in the Something Fishy Website on Eating Disorders was obtained through many hours of research, reading many articles and books, and watching and participating in documentaries, but most of all through first-hand personal experience, and in talking and corresponding with many of those struggling with Anorexia, Bulimia and Compulsive Overeating, doctors, treatment centers, therapists, and members and volunteers of Eating Disorders Organizations. My personal and professional correspondence, research and experience continues daily.

Treatment Finder: All listings that appear within the Something Fishy Treatment Finder have been submitted by the doctors, therapists, support groups, dietitians and treatment centers, for the intent of being listed on the Something Fishy Website for Eating Disorders. All listings appear exclusively under the copyright of the Something Fishy Website on Eating Disorders, and the submitting professional or listed organization. As with all areas of the website, this content, in part or in whole, cannot be reproduced without prior written permission.

Specific books used for technical reference were as follows:

Physical Attributes and Dangers
Some material referenced from:
Eating Disorders, The Facts - New Edition
by Suzanne Abraham & Derek Llewellyn-Jones
© 1984, 1987 and 1992
Oxford University Press, New York

Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies
Material referenced from:
Prescription for Nutritional Healing
by James F. Balch, M.D. and Phyllis A. Balch, C.N.C.
© 1990 James F. Balch, M.D.
Avery Publishing Group, Inc. Garden City Park, NY
VitaChart (8th Edition)
Researched & Edited by: Carolyn Heller West
© VitaChart, Inc. New York

Diet Pills and Laxatives
Some material referenced from:
Eating Disorders, The Facts - New Edition
Oxford University Press
The Pill Book - New and Revised 6th Edition
Bantam Books
20/20 - Documentary on Phen/Fen
RxMed - Website for Family Physicians
http://www.rxmed.com/

Medications Used in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Some material referenced from:
The Pill Book - New and Revised 6th Edition
Bantam Books
Physicians Desk Reference (PDR)
RxMed - Website for Family Physicians
http://www.rxmed.com/