A surge in eating disorders in Medi-Cal patients shows stark gaps in care
Kim Nguyen weighed barely 80 pounds when she finally reached an eating disorder specialist through Medi-Cal last year.
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Mental Disorders: News and Research on Bulimia Nervosa
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Why eating disorder treatments only work half the time, according to a psychologist
No single treatment will work for all people with eating disorders. Even the most highly researched evidence-based treatment may work for some people, but less so for others. When such treatments do not work, it can provoke ...
Jul 6, 2023
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Some Ozempic users say it silences 'food noise,' but there are drug-free ways to stop thinking about food so much
"Food noise" or thinking about food constantly is not helpful to anyone's mental health and well-being.
Jun 30, 2023
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Eating disorder patients say punitive, threatening methods at Denver treatment center left them with new trauma
Lizzy Earhart didn't know much about Eating Recovery Center when she agreed to get treatment there in October 2020. She'd already received treatment for anorexia at another treatment provider in Denver, but she'd relapsed ...
Jun 6, 2023
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Colorado tackles eating disorders by limiting use of BMI and diet pill sales to kids
In the midst of a surge in eating disorders across the country, Colorado's acting governor signed bills Tuesday that will create a state program dedicated to addressing the mental illness, limit the use of body mass index ...
May 31, 2023
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Eating disorders are rising: California bill would require schools to address body shaming
As a teenager with dreams of becoming a professional dancer, Katie Kilbourn often found herself comparing her body to the ones she saw on stage. By age 16, she started engaging in disordered eating behaviors—initially restricting ...
Apr 21, 2023
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Black women's childhood symptoms of disordered eating found to predict symptoms in adulthood
Disordered eating can influence a person's health and well-being throughout their lifetime. But the majority of research on this subject has focused on the experiences of white women, contributing to the myth that eating ...
Apr 12, 2023
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Exposure therapy to feared foods may help kids with eating disorders
Whether you're afraid of dogs, needles or enclosed spaces, one of the most effective interventions for this type of anxiety disorder is exposure therapy, in which you confront your fear in a safe environment. A new study ...
Apr 5, 2023
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Structural changes in habit-forming brain circuitry linked to eating disorders
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Stanford University School of Medicine have teamed up to investigate the brain mechanisms at work when habit learning and binge eating behaviors converge. In the study, "Human ...
Researchers: Older people have eating disorders too, but they're a largely ignored group
Josie (not her real name) has bulimia. She is prescribed steroids to manage a lung condition and heart failure and has gained a significant amount of weight as a result of using the drugs. Her body mass index (BMI) is over ...
Mar 23, 2023
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