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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…

Multi-Family Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa: A Pilot Study

Some benefits and obstacles of multi-family therapy Multi-family therapy (MFT) is a newer approach for adolescent patients with bulimia nervosa (BN). It differs from the better-known family-based treatment for BN by offering…

Book Review: Temperament Based Therapy with Support for Anorexia Nervosa. A Novel Treatment

(Laura L. Hill, Stephanie Knatz Peck, and Christina E. Weirenga. Cambridge University Press, 2022. Paperback and Kindle editions available.) Numerous treatments have been shown to be helpful for people with anorexia nervosa,…