Psychology & Psychiatry
Mayo Clinic Q&A: Eating disorders can affect people of all ages
Dear Mayo Clinic: Is it common for someone in their 50s to develop an eating disorder?
Oct 18, 2019
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News tagged with eating disorders
Neuroscience
Dementia and eating disorders: it is a problem of (semantic) memory
For the first time, it has been shown that deficits of semantic memory, an ability we use to recognize objects and use them correctly, are involved in specific eating disorders shared by patients suffering from dementia. ...
Oct 17, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Three studies reveal noteworthy trends regarding eating disorders in the U.S.
A School of Public Health professor has been extensively researching eating disorders in the United States and has found trends that warrant increased screening for the disorders, she explains.
Oct 01, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How many people have eating disorders?
Last week, federal health minister Greg Hunt announced that more than 60,000 Australians will be asked about their mental health and well-being as part of the Intergenerational Health and Mental Health Study.
Aug 19, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Genetic study reveals metabolic origins of anorexia
A global study, led by researchers at King's College London and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, suggests that anorexia nervosa is at least partly a metabolic disorder, and not purely psychiatric as previously ...
Jul 15, 2019
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Pediatrics
Successful support for parents of anorexia patients
In a pilot projected at the University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of MedUni Wien and AKH Wien, parents of anorexia patients were familiarised with the illness in the form of workshops and an online intervention ...
Jun 24, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Depression symptoms greater in mothers with prior eating disorders
(HealthDay)—Women with eating disorders experience persistently greater depressive symptoms across the life-course, according to a study recently published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
Jun 14, 2019
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Overweight & Obesity
When healthy eating turns into a dangerous obsession
(HealthDay)—When eating healthy becomes an around-the-clock obsession, it could be a sign of trouble.
Jun 14, 2019
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Neuroscience
The app teaching anorexics to eat again
Swedish scientists say that eating disorders should be considered just that—eating disorders, rather than mental disorders. The proof, they say, is in the eating.
Jun 13, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
When does clean eating become an unhealthy obsession? New findings on who is at risk
Researchers at York University's Faculty of Health say those who have a history of an eating disorder, obsessive-compulsive traits, dieting, poor body image, and a drive for thinness are more likely to develop a pathological ...
May 14, 2019
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