QIMR Berghofer researchers have found the genes linked to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) for the first time, after identifying 30 regions in the human genome associated with this debilitating yet often misunderstood ...
May 13, 2025
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Flinders University research has identified the most common early warning signs of eating disorders in children, to provide a guide for parents and caregivers about when to seek help.
May 13, 2025
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What does a person with an eating disorder look like? The picture may not be as clear-cut as many people think. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis led a study that revealed an important lesson: Eating disorders ...
May 7, 2025
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A new study has found that over 1 in 5 boys and men in Canada and the United States may meet the diagnostic criteria for an eating disorder, highlighting the urgent need for greater awareness, tailored prevention efforts, ...
Apr 21, 2025
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Imagine a tribe of uncontacted hunter-gatherers in the deepest Amazon rainforest. Anthropologists airdrop dozens of smartphones loaded with social media apps, with solar chargers, simple instructions in their native language ...
Apr 16, 2025
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New research shows that people with eating disorders are more harshly judged than those suffering from depression, making it much harder for them to seek treatment.
Mar 13, 2025
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"No one expects a grown woman in her 40s to have an eating disorder. That's for teenagers, right? Well, guess what—it happened to me."
Mar 12, 2025
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A new study from Simon Fraser University researchers has found a close link between high levels of social media use and psychiatric disorders that involve delusions, such as narcissism and body dysmorphic disorder.
Mar 11, 2025
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Eating disorders impact more than 1.1 million people in Australia, representing 4.5% of the population. These disorders include binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, and anorexia nervosa.
Feb 28, 2025
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Around one in five UK medical students consider dropping out of medical school, with mental health issues a key contributor to their intention to abandon medicine, suggest the results of an observational study published in ...
Feb 10, 2025
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