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More Highlights of the 2020 iaedp Virtual Symposium

Music Therapy: A Panacea for Eating Disorders Patients With their keynote presentation at the 2020 iaedp Virtual Symposium, “The Brain Comes Alive with the Sound of Music: Innovative Treatments for Eating Disorders…

From Across the Desk: COVID Deaths Pass Another Milestone

It is a challenging time for everyone, as worldwide deaths from COVID surpass the 1 million mark. In the US, deaths include more than 1700 deaths among US healthcare workers. Certainly, those…

Update: ED Patients and the Costs of the Pandemic

A recent survey of 1000 people with eating disorders in the US (n=511) and the Netherlands (n=510) has provided an early view of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on persons with…

Emerging Adulthood: A Time When Treatment is Less Available

Patients 16 to 24 face barriers to treatment. The period between adolescence and adulthood, termed emerging adulthood (EA) or extended adolescence, deserves a closer look, according to Dr. Rachel Potterton and her…

Changing Attitudes about Exposure Therapy

A study targeted therapists’ resistance to use this therapy. Exposure therapy is a key aspect of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a modality inherent to eating disorders treatment (especially partial hospital, residential, and…

The Impact of the Pandemic on Eating Disorders Patients

Patients share many of the negative side effects of isolation. As mandated quarantine due to the COVID-19 virus continues, a picture of the effects of isolation and confinement is emerging. As noted…

Military Deployments and Disordered Eating

Teens’ disordered eating depended upon parental stress and the number of deployments. Having a parent leave on a military assignment is an overlooked source of stress for adolescents with disordered eating, according…

Does Taste Play a Part in EDs?

Few studies have explored this question. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the NIH used a systematic review to explore the possibility that changes in taste may have something to do…

BOOK REVIEW

Sick Enough. A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders. By Jennifer L. Gaudiani, MD, CEDS, FAED. New York, NY: Routledge, 276 pp, paperback, $38.34. In her superb new book, Sick…

Questions and Answers: Counteracting Shame and Stigma from Social Media

Q. A patient recently complained about all the comments she sees on social media that might be viewed as “weight shaming.” That is, she began noticing all the attention given to the…

Coming in the next issue

The Art and Science of Evaluating Your Clinical Practice By John L. Levitt, PhD, FAED, S-CEDS, FIAEDP A rich guided tour through available tests and therapeutic options, including Rapid Assessment Instruments. One…

Some Highlights from the 2020 iaedp Virtual Meeting

An international meeting as close as your computer keyboard. After the 2020 iaedp conference planned for Orlando, FL, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 virus, the iaedp Foundation quickly went into action…