Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review May/June 2010 Volume 21, Number 3 ©2010 Gürze Books While recent eating disorders prevention efforts have targeted teens older than 15 years of age, a group felt…
Sleep Disturbances Are Common in Eating Disorders
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review May/June 2010 Volume 21, Number 3 ©2010 Gürze Books As many as half of patients with eating disorders may have disturbed sleep. Sleep-related eating disorders have also…
Coming Face to Face with Seriously Ill and Suicidal Clients
Highlights of the 2010 iaedp Symposium in Orlando By Mary K. Stein, Managing Editor Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review May/June 2010 Volume 21, Number 3 ©2010 Gürze Books In March, the International…
Why Do Patients Drop Out of Therapy?
By Walter Vandereycken, MD, PhD, and Katrien Devidt, MA Alexian Brothers Psychiatric Hospital, Tienen, Belgium, and Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review March/April 2010 Volume 21, Number 2…
Targeting the Media
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review March/April 2010 Volume 21, Number 2 ©2010 Gürze Books In mid-February, the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Eating Disorders Section (RCPsych) asked the government to establish a forum…
Q & A: Patient Who Overuses Salt
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review March/April 2010 Volume 21, Number 2 ©2010 Gürze Books Q: I’ve recently encountered a patient with anorexia nervosa binge-eating, purging type who also cuts compulsively, and who…
BOOK REVIEWS:Eating Disorders: A Guide to Medical Care and Complications (2nd edition)
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review March/April 2010 Volume 21, Number 2 ©2010 Gürze Books Eating Disorders: A Guide to Medical Care and Complications (2nd edition) by: Philip Mehler, MD and Arnold E.…
Weight and Shape Overvaluation in BED
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review March/April 2010 Volume 21, Number 2 ©2010 Gürze Books Increasing evidence supports the validity of including binge eating disorder (BED) as a formal diagnosis in the DSM-V.…
Working Toward a Better Definition of EDNOS:What Is The Role of Subthreshold Diagnoses?
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review March/April 2010 Volume 21, Number 2 ©2010 Gürze Books The DSM-IV-TR does not currently provide guidelines on how to classify persons initially diagnosed with anorexia nervosa (AN)…
Substance Abuse Is Increased in Patients with AN and BN
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review March/April 2010 Volume 21, Number 2 ©2010 Gürze Books A person with an eating disorder is nearly 5 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs than…
Laparoscopic Gastric Banding: An Option for Very Obese Teens?
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review March/April 2010 Volume 21, Number 2 ©2010 Gürze Books Adolescent obesity now affects more than 5 million teens in the U.S. One method that is being considered…
Uncovering Bulimic Disorders in Primary Care
Reprinted from Eating Disorders Review March/April 2010 Volume 21, Number 2 ©2010 Gürze Books Currently only a small minority of bulimic-type eating disorders are first identified in primary care settings, due to…