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Mental Health: For People Experiencing Eating Disorders and Body Image Issues, Social Media Can Either Help or Harm

June 7, 2021Leanne R Spiegle

Social media can connect people and communities from all around the world. But online social platforms can also be competitive places where unrealistic standards of beauty are praised and diet culture runs rampant.

This is one of the group rooms at the The Renfrew Center in Center City. The artwork shown was created and donated by patients and alumni of various Renfrew sites.
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Mental Health: Overcoming the Barriers to Eating Disorder Treatment in Philadelphia

May 5, 2021Leanne R Spiegle

Despite being one of the highest-populated cities in the country, Philadelphia is also one of the most unadvanced when it comes to affordable care for people with eating disorders.

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