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Here you will find articles discussing the various ways culture and media can affect both the development of an eating disorder and eating disorder recovery.

Links to various articles in the news and other websites and blogs representing cultural voices will be posted here along with commentary.

 

   Details    Category: [Culture and Media](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/cultural-and-media/)  Years ago, when the issue of ["informed consent" ](https://code-medical-ethics.ama-assn.org/ethics-opinions/informed-consent)was first brought up, I attended many gatherings of experienced mental health clinicians in Los Angeles, where we discussed what the term really meant.

Signing an agreement did not, we decided, meet the standard of informed consent if the person were incapable of being informed.

 

 [  Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/cultural-and-media/reality-tv-and-eating-disorders-part-iii-informed-consent-issues)

 

 

   Details    Category: [Culture and Media](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/cultural-and-media/)  What happens when a woman with an eating disorder shows up for a "casting call" for a reality TV program?

 [  Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/cultural-and-media/reality-tv-and-eating-disorders-part-ii-emotional-cost-and-alternatives)

 

 

   Details    Category: [Culture and Media](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/cultural-and-media/)  ![](http://i.huffpost.com/gen/162703/thumbs/s-EATING-DISORDERS-large.jpg)

No, people suffering from eating disorders should not be turned into fodder for the entertainment industry. I'm a psychotherapist in Los Angeles specializing in eating disorder recovery for adult women. I get at least two calls a week from producers or their lackeys asking me to help them find people with eating disorders for their shows.

They also ask me to talk to my patients and encourage them to be on such shows. Confidentiality, respect for the healing experience, and honor for the individual's process go out the window in search of ratings based on voyeuristic interests.

 

 [  Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/cultural-and-media/eating-disorders-and-reality-tv-part-i-first-response)