Eating Disorders
Feature
Tips for addressing uptick in mental health visits: Primary care providers collaborate, innovate
Clinical psychologist recommends primary care providers screen all adult patients for depression and anxiety.
Conference Coverage
What’s best for patients who are dying of anorexia?
Psychiatrists must grapple with questions of law, capacity, and resources.
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APA launches online eating disorder assessment tool
The tool guides clinicians through the screening, assessing, diagnosing, and treatment planning of patients with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa...
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Eating disorder apps fall short when it comes to privacy
Many individuals with an ED may be reluctant to seek treatment because of stigma and shame.
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Eating disorders in children is a global public health emergency
Eating disorders are among the most life-threatening mental disorders.
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Strong need for eating disorder screening in patients with PTSD
Undiagnosed eating pathology may exacerbate functional impairment from PTSD.
From the Journals
Cutting social media to 1 hour a day boosts self-image in young adults
Plenty of research has linked frequent social media use with body image issues and even eating disorders. But crucial gaps in our knowledge remain...
Opinion
Which recommendations on screening, diagnosing, and treating eating disorders are most helpful?
Recently, it has become more widely accepted that eating disorders may be found across people of a variety of socioeconomic statuses.
From the Journals
APA releases updated eating disorder guidelines
The updated guidelines focus primarily on anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder.
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Mental health risks higher among young people with IBD
“Anxiety and depression will not be a surprise to most of us. But we also saw changes for eating disorders, PTSD, and sleep changes.”
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One in five children at risk for eating disorder: Study
The proportion of children with disordered eating is likely even higher, the researchers explain, because children may hide symptoms “due to...