Nourishment
"By the time I was eleven years old, I’d already been on fifteen medications, seen ten doctors, been diagnosed with six disorders, and gone to five schools. . . . Through the nineteen years I’ve been alive, more of my time has probably been spent in doctor’s offices, treatment centers, and hospitals than with friends. After coming home from my first treatment center at the age of fifteen, I decided the time had come for me to try and make sense of everything." By Melissa Binstock
About the Book
A raw, honest, first-person account of living (and deteriorating) with multiple psychiatric, psychological, and physical disorders by an articulate young woman who shines a spotlight on disordered thinking.
Press Releases
Melissa was honored by Mental Health America of Greater Houston on Thursday, November 4, 2011 as one of the inaugural recipients of the "Mental Health Makes a Difference" community recognition program for her contribution to mental-health awareness in the Greater Houston area. Mental Health America of Greater Houston is the area’s oldest mental health education and advocacy organization.
Radio Interviews
1. 2/10 8:30 am WCDB-FM/Albany NY live w/Kathryn Zox
2. 2/16 7:10am *WATD-FM/ Metro-Boston MA live w/ Rob Hakala
3. 2/17 11:00am *KATQ-FM Northeast MT live w/ Bonnie Simon
4. 3/8 10:10 am WMKT-AM/N. MI-regional live w/Vic McCarty
See Melissa’s interview on KPRC Local 2 TV about her experience with eating disorders and her book Nourishment. http://www.click2houston.com/health/22798729/detail.html
Houston Chronicle
http://www.allbusiness.com/medicine-health/diseases-disorders-mental-illness-eating/13398179-1.html
Tourette syndrome gala where Melissa was honored.
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs064/1101809634162/archive/1102933816720.html
Dr. Dale Archer, a Medical Doctor,board-certifiedPsychiatrist and Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association who has helped thousands of patients for more than two decades.
http://drdalearcher.com/Blog/BlogDetail.asp?p1=12030&p2=1184&p7=3006
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Gold Key Award
An abridged version of Nourishment was given the Gold Key Award by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers in 2005.
Featured
Has been featured in articles in The Houston Chronicle, The Bellaire Buzz, The Tanglewood Buzz, and The Jewish Herald Voice, and interviewed on the Dan Patrick Show.
Psychopathology
Nourishment is the first memoir about disordered thinking to be used as a textbook for a psychopathology class (at Georgia Southern University).