![EP 49: Exploring Mental Health Complications that Go Along with PCOS](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/10/Podcast-Image-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In this episode, Trauma Report writer Vanessa DiPasquale speaks with Caitlin Johnson, a functional medicine dietitian, who helps women who have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)…
![Ozempic a Double-Edged Sword for Those with Eating Disorders](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/02/diana-polekhina-ZSpkUThb7qk-unsplash-2-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Eating disorders have the highest overall death rate of any mental illness. Around one million Canadians are currently diagnosed with an eating disorder. This includes…
![eating disorders, food, suicide, journey, discovery, self-worth, understanding, forgiveness, change, re-learning](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/08/helena-lopes-R9-N8kkRdDk-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Eating disorders are well known and widely talked about in schools and workplaces. It can be hard to understand how people transition from one eating…
![Dancing With The Devil](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2021/05/9E0E340D-D50B-48CF-B6C8-E1CD19452A2C-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Demi Lovato recently released a mini docu-series on YouTube called “Dancing with the Devil”. This four-episode documentary dives deep into Lovato’s recovery and the events leading…
![When Healthy Eating Turns Unhealthy](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2021/04/Feature-2-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Orthorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by a persistent preoccupation with the ‘quality’ of food, resulting in severely restricted eating and a strong need…
![Mental Illness, Mental Health, Poem, Words, Depression, OCD, Eating Disorders, Anxiety, Healing, Coping, Recovery, Stigma, Therapy](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/06/F592F42E-DA8A-447F-A856-70139641AE73-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
The poem “Mental Illness: A Poem From Its Point of View” is written by Janene Jordan who is an avid writer for The Mighty. This…
![mental health, video, short film, anorexia, bulimia, eating disorders, mental illness, therapy](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/03/DB7A43A2-97B5-47C3-AB3E-BB2A11633AD9-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
“Empty” is an award winning short film about a woman, Kiera, living with an eating disorder and her battle with the hypercritical voices in her…
![Dangerous Eating Habits Enhance Sports Performance](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/12/VB1-_-Feature-1_preview-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
As profiled by the media during the Summer 2016 Olympics and Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, doping is a problem that continues to plague sporting…
![Life After Anorexia](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2017/08/Grab-470x140.jpg?x81652)
University student Catherine Pawley describes her struggle with overcoming Anorexia Nervosa in this compelling TEDX Talk. She opens up about the challenges she faced, her…