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Our Editorial Board members are a group of eating disorders experts who work quietly behind the scenes to help us bring accurate and up-to-date information to EDRreaders. Our Board members also write…
Update: Legislation Seeks to Improve Treating Eating Disorders among the Military
U.S. Senators on the Armed Services Committee introduced bipartisan legislation on October 23 designed to expand access to eating disorder treatment for service members, their families, and retirees as well. The proposed…
Can Fracture Risk in AN Be Reduced with Adrenal Hormones?
Patient age plays an important role. Establishing and maintaining healthy bones is an important topic for everyone, and particularly for teenage girls with anorexia nervosa, where the disorder reduces bone mineral density…
Mortality in Bulimia Nervosa
A study highlights risks of heart disease and death with BN. Mortality risk is known to be elevated in people with anorexia nervosa. Whether this is also true for those with BN…
The Effects of Long-Term Eating Disorders and Cognitive Impairment
Perception and nonverbal memory worsened with time. Eating disorders commonly lead to numerous social, physical, family, and psychological problems similar to that seen in schizophrenia or mood disorders. Is cognitive dysfunction part…
Diabetes and Binge Eating Disorder
Researchers urge better screening for disordered eating. There has long been interest, agreement, and disagreement about the co-occurrence of eating disorders, and diabetes. As noted in an editorial in a special issue…
An International Study Compares the ICD-11 and ICD-10
Overall, many improvements for eating disorders diagnosis, and a few suggestions as well. After more than 25 years, the 11th International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, or the ICD-11, was updated and released…
More on the Course of Eating Disorders in Males
Remission rates were similar in men and women. In the last issue we reviewed an observational study of ED in males, and noted that data are still relatively scarce in this area. A…
Questions and Answers: Warning Signs and Risk of Suicide
Q. Is there any useful new research on the risk of suicide among eating disorders patients discharged from inpatient care? One of my patients, a 22-year-old with AN, has expressed suicide ideation more…
In the Next Issue
Dancing in the Unicorn Sprinkler: Finding the SPARK By Sandra Wartski, PsyD, CEDS Silber Psychological Services, Raleigh, NC Certain factors seem to be more common for clients who are in the more…
Index to Volume 30, January-December 2019
A African-American women and eating disorders, vol 30, no 5, p 1. An algorithm to match patients to level of care. vol 30, no.1. Anorexia nervosa predating the return of menses in,…
African-American Women and Eating Disorders: Depression, and the Strong Black Woman Archetype
By Carolyn Coker Ross, MD, MPH, CEDS While eating disorders have long been considered a “white woman’s problem,” recent findings show that eating disorders are becoming a major health issue for black…