Posts Tagged ‘anorexia’
Comedians use humor to heal at Mental Health Comedy Hour
Oakland comedian Kelly Anneken says she identifies as a “triple A”— alcoholic, anorexic and anxious. “Stand-up comedy,” she said in a performance last week, “is everybody’s last resort before suicide or grad school.” Suicide, of course, isn’t everybody’s idea of comedy, but Anneken’s audience, there for the Mental Health Comedy Hour, laughed. Founded earlier this year…
Read MoreTracey Gold’s new reality show on eating disorders worries some East Bay health experts
East Bay eating disorder specialists are concerned that the graphic representations of symptoms and behaviors in the upcoming Lifetime reality series, “Starving Secrets with Tracey Gold” could be detrimental to vulnerable audiences.
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