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.
Recent & Upcoming Events
What's coming up:
- Melissa is scheduled to conduct a workshop focusing on eating disorder education for the Institute for Chemical Dependency Studies on May 12.
- Check out Melissa's interview with "Your Life Matters With Jenn and Steve" at yourlifemattersshow.com on May 14 at 2:00 PM central time.
What Melissa has been up to:
- On April 25, Melissa had a radio interview with Answers for the Family. To listen to her interview, check out http://answers4thefamilyblog.com/nourishment-memoirs-of-anorexia/
- On April 8 and 9, Melissa spoke at a symposium at the University of St. Thomas regarding a study she conducted about eating disorder prevention in college age males and females.
- On April 2, Melissa spoke at the Women's Health Conference held in New York City about a study she conducted concerning eating disorder prevention in pre-teens. "Melissa's March 12th book signing at Barns and Noble was a great success with over 200 people attending.
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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).