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The Benefits of Early Intervention for Eating Disorders Comparison of the Eating Disorders Examination and the Eating Disorders Examination-Questionnaire in Adolescents How Effective Is Internet-Based CBT For Bulimic Eating Disorders? Anger and Aggression Among Bulimic Teens…

Eating Disorders Later in Life

By Kirsten Book, PMHNP, FNP-BC Eating disorders are usually diagnosed during adolescence and young adulthood, but the truth is that eating disorders do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, or…

Update

The recently released new eating disorders treatment guideline issued by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) provides suggested approaches to treating patients with eating disorders. The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the…

From Across the Desk

In each issue, we report on articles we think you will enjoy and that offer new approaches and/or techniques for treating patients with eating disorders. Some studies produce controversial results, but we…

Weight-Neutral Treatment for BED

Weight stigma also occurred in healthcare settings Many studies and news stories have described the harm caused by teasing and bullying those with binge-eating disorder (BED) about being overweight. In a sad…

Genetic Risks and ARFID

Heritability was high among 17,000 Swedish twin pairs The evidence for a genetic link to an eating disorder is broad and deep, but it has focused largely on AN and BN. A…

Helping Parents Who Are Caregivers for AN Patients

The burden was hardest for mothers of patients with AN Parents are the most frequent long-term caregivers for patients with AN, yet few studies have examined the burden of emotional distress parents…

Insurance Type: One Barrier to Care for Minority and Low-Income Patients

Insurance is just one of many hurdles Diversity and equitable healthcare receive a lot of attention, and for good reasons. While access to early mental health treatment is a necessary first step…

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: Can a Leptin Regimen Help a Teen with AN?

Q. Can you tell us more about the effects of leptin on anorexic patients? An older teen patient skips meals, picks at her food, and exercises excessively. As a result, she has a…

In the Next Issue

Prevention and Early Identification of EDs Disgust and Self-Disgust in Treatment Treating the Patient with Cystic Fibrosis Short- and Longer-term Effects of Antidepressants for AN Managing Disorders of Gut-Brain Interactions And much…

Looking At Anorexia Nervosa in a New Way

Newer global approaches search for neurobiological causes Anorexia nervosa still has one of the highest mortality rates among psychiatric disorders, up to 4% among females and 1.3% among males (Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2021. 34:515). …

UPDATE: The 21st Century CURES Act

It all began when US Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Thorn Tillis (R-NC) introduced bipartisan legislation authorizing establishment of a Center for Excellence in Eating…

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