Dancing in the Light of the Moon

So, as I've stated previously, while this blog is to chronicle my journey of writing a term paper about psychotropic medication in American popular culture, I have a strong tie to Eating Disorders, so I will occasionally post about new literature, DSM V updates, and art/photographs that I have done pertaining to Eating Disorders.

I remember talking to my psychiatrist about mental illness, and she asked me what I thought defined it. In short, I supposed that it's characterized by maladaptive behaviors. We were discussing how when we hear "mental illness" our first instinct is not to think "eating disorders", though anorexia nervosa is by far the number one killer in mental illness.

So perhaps eating disorders pertain more to this project than I originally thought. I will make a note of how to incorporate that into my paper.

A new art piece (my first ever oil painting): "Real Women (Dance)", inspired by those lovely nights of dancing under the moon in Tucson, Arizona where I did my residential treatment.