Debut Memoir Gives Weight to Thinness Pandemic: Author Speaks Out About Anorexia During National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Shani Raviv, author of the recently published, “being Ana: a memoir of anorexia nervosa” and survivor of a decade-long struggle with anorexia, is speaking out about eating disorders during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, February 20-26, 2011.
Seattle, WA, February 09, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Anorexia Nervosa is notorious for having the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder. Shani Raviv, author of the recently published, “being Ana: a memoir of anorexia nervosa” and survivor of a decade-long struggle with anorexia, is speaking out about eating disorders during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, February 20-26, 2011.
According to the National Eating Disorders Association, 10 million females and one million males in the United States have anorexia or bulimia. National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is the nation’s largest eating disorders outreach effort, which aims to raise awareness of these life-threatening disorders and to encourage sufferers to seek help. Ms. Raviv hopes her new book “being Ana” will help break the stigma surrounding these complex disorders.
“I feel that the need to provide an intimate look into an anorexic mind has never been more crucial than it is now. As eating disorders reach pandemic proportions, anorexia nervosa is gaining a reputation for being a legitimate psychiatric disorder,” Ms. Raviv says. “Anorexia is much more than a diet gone wrong, a coping mechanism, an addiction or a girl’s vain attempt to perfect her image; anorexia becomes your life, your vocation, your ugly truth. However, choosing to surrender and seek help is a decision that can lead to full recovery.”
Shani Raviv is the author of the recently published, “being Ana: a memoir of anorexia nervosa.” Ms. Raviv is a South African/Israeli freelance writer, columnist and copy editor who has written for leading South African newspapers and magazines. She lives in Seattle, WA and leads creative writing and mini-memoir writing workshops and offers readings and talks for “being Ana.”
* “being Ana” is required reading for “Counseling for Eating Disorders” at Bastyr University.
* “being Ana” is required reading for the National Eating Disorders Association HELPLINE.
Shani Raviv is available for interviews before, during and after National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, February 20-26, 2011. For more information, to interview Ms. Raviv or to request a review copy of “being Ana” please call: (206) 327-1627 or email: shani@shaniraviv.com To learn more about “being Ana” or to read a chapter excerpt or an interview sample with Ms. Raviv please visit: www.shaniraviv.com
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According to the National Eating Disorders Association, 10 million females and one million males in the United States have anorexia or bulimia. National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is the nation’s largest eating disorders outreach effort, which aims to raise awareness of these life-threatening disorders and to encourage sufferers to seek help. Ms. Raviv hopes her new book “being Ana” will help break the stigma surrounding these complex disorders.
“I feel that the need to provide an intimate look into an anorexic mind has never been more crucial than it is now. As eating disorders reach pandemic proportions, anorexia nervosa is gaining a reputation for being a legitimate psychiatric disorder,” Ms. Raviv says. “Anorexia is much more than a diet gone wrong, a coping mechanism, an addiction or a girl’s vain attempt to perfect her image; anorexia becomes your life, your vocation, your ugly truth. However, choosing to surrender and seek help is a decision that can lead to full recovery.”
Shani Raviv is the author of the recently published, “being Ana: a memoir of anorexia nervosa.” Ms. Raviv is a South African/Israeli freelance writer, columnist and copy editor who has written for leading South African newspapers and magazines. She lives in Seattle, WA and leads creative writing and mini-memoir writing workshops and offers readings and talks for “being Ana.”
* “being Ana” is required reading for “Counseling for Eating Disorders” at Bastyr University.
* “being Ana” is required reading for the National Eating Disorders Association HELPLINE.
Shani Raviv is available for interviews before, during and after National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, February 20-26, 2011. For more information, to interview Ms. Raviv or to request a review copy of “being Ana” please call: (206) 327-1627 or email: shani@shaniraviv.com To learn more about “being Ana” or to read a chapter excerpt or an interview sample with Ms. Raviv please visit: www.shaniraviv.com
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