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Level of Care Considerations for Severe and Extreme Eating Disorders

by Jeana J. Cost, MS, LPC, CEDS, and Philip S. Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED, CEDS Eating Recovery Center, Denver, Colorado Determining what level of care a patient with an eating disorder needs…

From Across the Desk: Working toward Better Guidelines for Severe and Extreme Eating Disorders

It is well known that the mortality rate from anorexia nervosa makes it the most deadly of psychiatric illnesses. Two articles this month turn to the challenging task of matching the level…

Update: Another Possible Cause Linked to BED and Obesity

Two seemingly polar opposites, food insecurity, or lack of food, often due to poverty, and binge-eating disorder, or BED, are associated, according to a recent report by Janet Lydecker, PhD, of the…

Loss of Control Eating Among Teens Linked to Perceived Family Function

Poor family function was linked with obesity in adolescent girls. Loss of control (LOC) eating, a feeling that one cannot stop or control what or how much he or she consumes, affects…

Finding a Better Definition for Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa

Many patient variables make the definition challenging. As the 11thedition of the International Classification of Diseases(ICD-11) is nearing pre-release this spring, Drs. Phillipa Hay and Stephen Touyz have commented on the lack…

Links Between Binge Eating Disorder and Suicide

New information in a largely unexplored area Binge eating disorder (BED) is still the most common eating disorder in the US, with a lifetime prevalence of 3.5% for women and 2.0% for…

BED and Food Addiction

Nearly all participants in one study had at least a mild food addiction. It’s unclear how binge eating disorder (BED) and the newer concept of food addiction are related. BED is very…

Disordered Eating in Middle-aged and Older Women

A large Norwegian sample highlights a sometimes overlooked community health problem. Disordered eating, emerging from body dissatisfaction, weight preoccupation, and dysfunctional eating patterns, has generally been described as a problem of younger…

An Algorithm to Match Patients to Level of Care

A new test instrument includes measures of readiness for patient and family. The complex course of eating disorders, marked by refusal to accept treatment, premature termination of treatment, and relapse, can lead…

Questions and Answers: Self-Harm After Gastric Bypass Surgery

Q. We have an unusual problem, and hope you can help. One of our patients, a woman in her late 20s, recently had successful bariatric surgery, but then shortly afterward began harming herself,…

IN THE NEXT ISSUE

Highlights of the 2019 iaedp Symposium in Palm Desert: “Instilling Passion Into Treatment and Recovery.” PLUS Living in the Intersection Between Eating Disorders and Pregnancy Altered Function in BED and Bulimia Nervosa:…

From Across the Desk

Iaedp’s 33rd Annual Symposium, “Instilling Passion Into Treatment and Recovery,” scheduled for February 7-10, 2019 in Palm Desert, CA, has announced its keynote speakers, all of whom are outstanding researchers in eating disorders.…