College Students at Risk

Approximately 15% of college women and a rising number of men suffer from eating disorders. Forty-three percent of this population report an onset of this behavior between the ages of 16 and 20.

What Help is Available on the U.C. Davis Campus?

A student can begin the process of recovery in many different ways. The campus units available to help, coordinate their efforts to provide comprehensive services. You can seek help at the location where you feel most comfortable. All services are confidential. You can change your behavior and these University resources have staff available to help you.

• Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
• Cowell Student Health Center
• The House
• Residence Halls
• Exercise Science and Athletic Programs

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)

CAPS Offers the Following Confidential Services:

• Individual evaluation
• Brief individual psychotherapy
• Psychiatric consultation and medication evaluation
• Brief psycho-educational group psychotherapy
• Long-term group psychotherapy
• Referral for long-term individual psychotherapy and individual inpatient treatment programs
• Consultation to faculty, staff and students
• Educational programs
• Referral and coordination of treatment with health providers at Cowell Student Health Center

8:00 a.m. to 4:45pm, Monday - Friday at CAPS, 219 North Hall. For an appointment, call 752-0871.

Cowell Student Health Center

Cowell Student Health Center offers the following confidential services:

• Medical examination and assessment of health status and physical risks due to an eating disorder
• Nutritional counseling by professional staff and peer counselors
• Educational programs, peer counseling and referrals provided by Health Advocate peer counselors
• Referral and coordination of treatment with CAPS staff who provide psychological
• Assessment and intervention

To make an appointment at Cowell Student Health call 752-2300

Nutrition Advice call 752-3784

Nutrition Counseling Appointment call 752-2349

The House

The House offers the following confidential services:

• Brief peer counseling
• Referral assistance
• Educational programs

For services at The House (TB 16) across from Regan Hall, call 752-2790

Residence Halls

The Residence Halls offer:

Resident Coordinators and Resident Assistants are trained to provide supportive assistance and appropriate referral. Contact your resident coordinator or resident assistant for a confidential consultation.

Intercollegiate, Intramural, & Club Athletics

Intercollegiate, Intramural, & Club Athletics offer:

The staff and coaches of the Intercollegiate Athletic Department, Pavilion and Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) are very aware of the problems students and student-athletes may face. Students involved in athletic competition may be vulnerable to disordered eating habits, unhealthy diets and/or poor body image. A coach, athletic trainer, sport consultant, peer counselor in athletics (PCA) or staff member can be helpful in finding referral resources and the support needed to address these concerns. Concerns addressed with athletic trainers, sport consultants and PCA's are confidential.

• To reach an athletic trainer call 752-7515
• To reach a sport consultant call 752-0871
• To reach a peer counselor in athletics (PCA) call 754-7103

RESOURCES

Non-Profit Resource Organizations:

American Anorexia/Bulimia Association
165 West 46th Street, Suite 1108
New York, NY 10036
1-800-931-2237

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD)
P. O. Box 7
Highland Park, IL 60035
(847) 831-3438

Books:
Feeding the Hungry Heart by Geneen Roth
Father Hunger: Fathers, Daughters and Food by Margo Maine
The Deadly Diet: Recovering from Anorexia and Bulimia by Terence J. Sandbeck
Overcoming Overeating: Living in a World of Food by Jane R. Hirschman and Carol H. Munter
The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa by Hilde Bruch
Fat is a Feminist Issue by Susie Orbach
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia by Marya Hornbacher

World Wide Web

Anorexia Nervosa And Related Eating Disorders, Inc. (ANRED)
www.anred.com/tx.html

American Anorexia/Bulimia Association
www.aabainc.org

UC Davis
www.eating.ucdavis.edu

National Eating Disorders Association
www.nationaleatingdisorders.org

Grant Me the Serenity…
www.open-mind.org

S.C.a.R.E.D
www.eating-disorder.org/ED.htm

Something Fishy
www.something-fishy.org

Healing Connections
www.healingconnections.org