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Highlights from the Virtual IAEDP Symposium

Genetic Advances Are Expanding Our Understanding of Eating Disorders. This year, due to the COVID pandemic, participants in the 2021 International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals went virtual, visiting dozens of special…

From Across the Desk

While so much of our attention is now directed at the pandemic and all the adjustments that have been made to improve safety, science steadily marches on. In this issue, two eating…

Update: More Effects of COVID 19

The National Eating Disorders Association recently reported a 41% increase in messages to its telephone and online help lines in January 2021, compared with January 2020. And, in a 2020 study of…

How Are Binge Eating and Binge Drinking Related?

Clinicians should remember to ask patients with binge eating about binge drinking as well. We have long known that alcohol use disorders occur more often among those with eating disorders, and vice…

Are Emergency Room Physicians Prepared for ED Emergencies?

Nearly half felt their training was inadequate. It may not happen each day but at some point an eating disorder patient may need emergency room care. Emergency department physicians are in a…

Searching for Better Treatment for Diabetics with Eating Disorders

An app is designed to help this challenging patient population. Conventional treatment approaches for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) and an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia nervosa are…

The Pandemic and Eating Disorder Treatment: An Opportunity for Growth?

By Sandra Wartski, PsyD, CEDS Silber Psychological Services, Raleigh, North Carolina 2020 proved to be an unusually challenging year for many reasons, and most clinicians have noticed that symptoms have become much…

Internet Influence and Misinformation about EDs

Some websites produce an ‘echo chamber’ effect. Each day the Internet brings us the best and the worst of worlds. One of the worst includes false or misleading health information. Internet users…

Anxiety, Depression, and Disordered Eating in Preadolescents

New data emerge from an understudied population. While many studies have linked disordered eating, anxiety, and depression among teens and adults to later development of an eating disorder, little is known about…

Questions and Answers: Pica

Q. I recently learned that one of my ED patients, who is 3 months pregnant, has a strong affinity for ice and admits to eating ice cubes nearly all day. Should we…

In the Next Issue

More Highlights from the 2021 IAEDP Virtual Symposium Among the many keynote presentations were eating disorders among men, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, and a spotlight on the role of the gut-brain axis and behavior.…

The Benefits of Art Therapy in Eating Disorder Treatment

By Eileen Misluk-Gervase, LPC, ATR-BC, LMHC, CEDCAT Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN Art therapy has been available in clinical settings since the 1940s, bringing training in the arts and…