You can gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face…you must do the thing which you think you cannot do.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
As a part of our ongoing efforts to improve our quality of treatment and care, Magnolia Creek is committed to working with experts and institutions around the country conducting research into eating disorders and related illnesses.
Please contact Dr. Mary Bartlett directly with any questions about current research projects or Magnolia Creek's suicide and self-harm prevention efforts.
Dr. Thomas Joiner & Florida State University
Magnolia Creek is collaborating on a research study with international suicide expert, Dr. Thomas Joiner, Jr., Ph.D., and his Florida State Research Lab on factors associated with eating disorders, suicide, and self harm behaviors.
Please pick up a copy of Dr. Joiner's latest book, "Lonely at the Top: The High Cost of Men's Success." This title will be released on October 25, 2011.
http://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Top-High-Cost-Success/dp/0230104436
For a general overview about this research study, please read our press release about the collaboration.
Dr. Tracy Witte & Auburn University
Magnolia Creek has formed a collaborative relationship with Dr. Tracy Witte, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor the Clinical Psychology program at Auburn University. Dr. Witte and her research team are interested in investigating personality characteristics that confer risk for suicidal behavior in individuals with eating disorders. Additionally, Dr. Witte and her team are interested in investigating eating habits that may serve as precursors to the development of eating disorders.
Dr. Witte has co-authored a book, The Interpersonal Theory of Suicide, that provides guidance for working with suicidal clients.
For additional information on Dr. Witte’s laboratory and ongoing research, please visit her website.
Academic Articles about Eating Disorders, Suicide & Self Harm
- Deaths by Suicide Among Individuals with Anorexia as Arbiters Between Competing Explanations of the Anorexia–Suicide Link
- Factors Associated with Suicidal Behaviors in a Large French Sample of Inpatients with Eating Disorders
- Incidence, Prevalence and Mortality of Anorexia Nervosa and Other Eating Disorders
- The Multifaceted Role of Distress Tolerance in Dysregulated Eating Behaviors
- Negative Urgency Fully Mediates the Relationship Between Alexithymia and Dysregulated Behaviors
- Predictors of Mortality in Eating Disorders
- Suicidality in Eating Disorders: Clinical and Psychological Correlates
- Suicidality in Eating Disorders: Occurrence, Correlates, and Clinical Implications
- Suicide and Attempted Suicide in Eating Disorders, Obesity and Weight
- Suicide and Eating Disorders
- Suicide as an Outcome for Mental Disorders
- Switching to the Bingeing/Purging Subtype of Anorexia Nervosa is Frequently Associated with Suicidal Attempts
