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As of mid-June, the number of coronavirus cases reported worldwide was 7,997,084, with 435,662 deaths. Better news: to date, more than 4 million persons have recovered. All aspects of life have been…
Update: A Medicare Boon for those with EDs
Until very recently, Medicare did not cover programs and services that used remote audio-only telephone contacts. Now the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare have expanded Medicare coverage to ensure that audio-only telephone…
From Across the Desk: When An Annual Conference Is Cancelled
COVID-19 has delivered serious challenges to us all. Sometimes such serious medical challenges can lead to improved ways of delivering health care and continuing education, and may cast a new light on…
Children and Teens Treated for Eating Disorders: How Many Seek Treatment as Adults?
A variety of factors come into play in the decision. Most children and adolescents treated for eating disorders have clinically significant improvement of their symptoms, and many find no need to seek…
A Brief Intervention for Early Eating Disorders
Taking action when a young patient didn’t meet diagnostic criteria but still was at risk for an eating disorder. Early intervention into suspected eating disorders can be one key to help identify…
Perinatal Outcomes among Japanese Women with Eating Disorders
Low weight and smoking had negative effects. Eating disorders have been increasingly recognized as an issue of relevance in Japan. The advent of the Internet, and effects of westernization, popular media, and…
Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy
A highly individualized approach that was first introduced in the 1970s. Enhanced cognitive behavior therapy (CBT-E) is a transdiagnostic treatment that is a revision of the original approach. CBT-E was first used…
Abrupt Lisdexamfetamine Withdrawal in Adults with BED
The typical amphetamine withdrawal pattern was not seen across 3 studies. Binge-eating disorder (BED), now the most common eating disorder in the US, was officially recognized in 2013 by the DSM-5. Patients…
Disordered Eating Related to Military Deployment
When a parent is deployed for military service, stress can lead to obesity and disordered eating in teens. Currently, more than 1.3 million American men and women serve in the military, and…
Restrictive Eating Among Obese and Overweight Teens
Disordered eating can be easily overlooked in this group. “Some patients with [undiagnosed] restrictive eating disorders are hiding in plain sight,” write Ellen S. Rome, MD, MPH, and Radhika Rastogi (Cleveland Clinic…
Q&A: A Patient Who Takes Extreme Risks
Q: I hope you can help. One of our patients, in her mid-20s, seems to be on a path of ever-riskier behaviors, from restrictive eating to anorexia nervosa, depression, anxiety, self-injury, and…
In the Next Issue
Highlights from the IADEP Virtual National Meeting Shortly before the annual IAEDP meeting was to open in Orlando, FL, COVID-19 intervened, and the meeting had to be cancelled However, rather than rescheduling…