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Charles Spencer’s Story of Boarding School Abuse Is Haunting

Mad in America

If parents who sent their sons to the school in 1974 had been told that such abuse was a normal and acceptable part of the education their children were to receive, all but the cruellest of parents, I wager, would have removed their sons immediately. But she has an eating disorder,’ my mother said. He saw me in distress.

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Dear Mr. Kennedy

ADDitude

This wider net, along with improved education, training, and symptom recognition , particularly in historically overlooked girls and women, account for much of the diagnostic uptick, according to studies. The risk of eating disorders comorbid with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.