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James Donaldson on Mental Health - Quick Guide to Anorexia Nervosa

3 min readBy James Donaldson

Clinical Expert: Jennifer Louie, PhD 1.

Clinical Expert: Jennifer Louie, PhD 1.

What are the symptoms of anorexia nervosa?

What are the risk factors for anorexia?

How is anorexia nervosa treated?

Risks for other disorders What is anorexia nervosa?

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that can cause kids to starve themselves.

Children and teenagers with anorexia believe they are too fat, even though everyone else sees them as way too thin.

To maintain a very low weight, they eat very little and often throw up on purpose or exercise intensely.

They may not understand that that their opinion of their body isn’t normal and that their choices are not healthy.

Anorexia usually begins during the teenage years.

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James Donaldson is a former NBA All-Star (1988, Dallas Mavericks) who played 20 years of professional basketball with the Seattle SuperSonics, L.A. Clippers, Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, Utah Jazz, and teams across Europe, before touring with the Harlem Globetrotters. A Washington State University graduate inducted into both the Pac-10 and WSU Athletic Halls of Fame, James went on to found The Donaldson Clinic, an outpatient physical therapy practice he operated for nearly three decades. Today he devotes his time to mental health awareness and suicide prevention — speaking to organizations, schools, and youth groups — and is the author of Standing Above the Crowd and Celebrating Your Gift of Life (2021). James recently relocated to the Dallas, TX area and believes deeply in being a role model of success and professionalism for the young people he serves.

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