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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…

Update: Eating Disorders PSA: A New Act to Help Prevent Disordered Eating in Schools

The Eating Disorders Prevention in Schools Act of 2020 (Eating Disorders PSA) was first introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in early May. The act would encourage schools in the U.S.…

From Across the Desk

The COVID crisis has pushed publications and organizations to turn to computer tools to bridge the challenges of office visits, seminars, meetings, and many services. This issue includes several examples, such as…

Addressing Stigma about Eating Disorders

Attention turns to needed changes in media coverage. Australian eating disorders specialists recently have a new incentive to address stigma and shame among persons with eating disorders. In a program begun in…