Welcome to The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt.
Eating disorders are complex and often unpredictable, but they are treatable. That's why the Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt, located in Baltimore, Md., is here.
The purpose of this web site is to give you background about eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and compulsive overeating. It also provides information about the different treatment programs we offer, such as cognitive, occupational, art, family and nutritional therapies.
The site is also a terrific way for you to talk with other people affected by eating disorders, as we have an online discussion forum and blog. In addition, if you are concerned that a friend, family member, or you have an eating disorder, please take our online eating
disorder assessment.
If you have any questions after viewing our web site, feel free to email or call us at 410-938-5252.
The Latest from The Center for Eating Disorders
The Center for Eating Disorders is now pleased to offer on-line live chat support groups for those suffering from disordered eating and for friends and family. Chats will take place in our forum which can be accessed by going here. Chats will be held at the following dates and times with more to follow soon!
For people with disordered eating: Tuesday June 30th at 7 p.m.
Join others working through the challenges of eating disorder recovery for an hour of recovery oriented discussion moderated by Center for Eating Disorder personnel.
For friends and family: Friday, July 10th at 12 p.m.
Join other parents, spouses, and loved ones, in an hour designed to increase understanding and support for the recovery process. The conversation will be moderated by Center for Eating Disorder personnel.
In order to participate in the chat, you must first register for the forum.
International Research Study
We are looking for participants aged 12-18 years of age with anorexia nervosa to participate in an large, multi-center family therapy study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.
For more information on the study and how to participate click here
The 3rd annual Love Your Tree poster and body image campaign was an overwhelming success, attracting over 180 poster submissions from across 6 counties in Maryland. The campaign culminated with an art exhibit and evening of recognition on February 24th during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2009. Students and teachers from middle schools, high schools and colleges were honored for their participation and artistic contributions. Participants were presented with certificates, and some received scholarships honoring their creative depictions of the "Love Your Tree" theme. Suzanne Collins of WJZ Channel 13 News helped to mark the occasion with a personal message about body image and the media.
One poster was chosen by the Center for Eating Disorders to be reproduced and used to help promote the importance of positive body image throughout the entire year. The chosen poster (pictured above), was created by Notre Dame Prep high school student, Ayana Owens.
Visit our blog at http://eatingdisorder.org/blog/?s=love+your+tree to read more about this event. If you are interested in getting involved with next year's Love Your Tree campaign or would like to host a Love Your Tree body image workshop at your school, please call The Center for Eating Disorders at (410) 938-5252.
The Center for Eating Disorders is now on Facebook!
Check out the CED Facebook page and become a fan to find out about our most current activities, read recent blogs and even gain access to photo albums of our facilities and special events!
