Weight-Neutral Treatment for BED
Weight stigma also occurred in healthcare settings Many studies and news stories have described the harm caused by teasing and bullying those with binge-eating disorder (BED) about being overweight. In a sad…
Genetic Risks and ARFID
Heritability was high among 17,000 Swedish twin pairs The evidence for a genetic link to an eating disorder is broad and deep, but it has focused largely on AN and BN. A…
Helping Parents Who Are Caregivers for AN Patients
The burden was hardest for mothers of patients with AN Parents are the most frequent long-term caregivers for patients with AN, yet few studies have examined the burden of emotional distress parents…
Insurance Type: One Barrier to Care for Minority and Low-Income Patients
Insurance is just one of many hurdles Diversity and equitable healthcare receive a lot of attention, and for good reasons. While access to early mental health treatment is a necessary first step…
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: Can a Leptin Regimen Help a Teen with AN?
Q. Can you tell us more about the effects of leptin on anorexic patients? An older teen patient skips meals, picks at her food, and exercises excessively. As a result, she has a…
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Prevention and Early Identification of EDs Disgust and Self-Disgust in Treatment Treating the Patient with Cystic Fibrosis Short- and Longer-term Effects of Antidepressants for AN Managing Disorders of Gut-Brain Interactions And much…
Looking At Anorexia Nervosa in a New Way
Newer global approaches search for neurobiological causes Anorexia nervosa still has one of the highest mortality rates among psychiatric disorders, up to 4% among females and 1.3% among males (Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2021. 34:515). …
UPDATE: The 21st Century CURES Act
It all began when US Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Thorn Tillis (R-NC) introduced bipartisan legislation authorizing establishment of a Center for Excellence in Eating…
From Across the Desk: New Approaches to Old Disorders
Anorexia nervosa has a long history. It has been traced back to religious fasting during the Hellenistic era, and reportedly affected Catherine of Siena in the 1300s and Mary, Queen of Scots in…
The COVID-19 Lockdown and Eating Disorder Symptoms
Two studies showed the effects of isolation As the COVID-19 pandemic has continued, research on its effects on eating disorders has flourished, and it is now possible to review some effects of…
Toward a Better Definition of Food Addiction
The only tool currently available is the Food Addiction Scale Is food addiction, or FA, often formally defined as a substance-use disorder, actually connected with an eating disorder, especially binge eating disorder,…
Earlier Screening May Aid in Detection of Eating Disorders
In one study, boys and girls as young as 10 had signs of disordered eating How common are eating disorders among preteens in the US? We know a lot about ED prevalence…