Eating Disorders

What does existing research say about the connection between substance use disorders and eating disorders?

Catch up on the latest CMEs in Psychiatric Times.

How can neuromodulatory treatments be used in patients with eating disorders?

The experts weighed in on a wide variety of psychiatric issues for the February 2023 issue of Psychiatric Times.

From the “unwinding” of the Medicaid continuous enrollment condition to assessing and treating eating disorders in older adults, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

In this CME article, learn how to evaluate older adults who present with significant appetite and weight changes for the presence of an eating disorder.

How can psychiatrists collaborate within the treatment team to help patients on the path to ongoing recovery?

Approximately 30 million individuals will be diagnosed with an eating disorder in the United States during their lifetime.

"20% to 30% of patients develop a persistent, hard-to-treat illness."

This new study is evaluating how effective psychedelics can be in the treatment of binge eating disorder.

How can you help patients with bulimia nervosa beyond residential programs?

What kind of person comes to mind when you think of eating disorders? Here’s why you might be wrong.

A recent study found a negative association between children with ADHD and health eating patterns.

Findings show relationship between binge eating and brain activation.

Study also identifies prevalence of specific behavioral addictions in these individuals.

Only 13% to 50% of AN patients are considered recovered 1 to 2 years posttreatment, and 20% to 30% go on to develop a chronic and unremitting course of AN. How can we improve these outcomes?

Representative Jason Ortitay and Senator Steve Santarsiero have introduced legislation to help increase awareness of eating disorders in children.

Nearly 80% of eating disorders go undetected. What screening tools can help identify them?

A television drama looks at eating disorders from the patient, physician, and family perspectives. What does it get right—and wrong?

A diagnosis of depression, anxiety disorders, or bulimia may also indicate a heightened risk of excessive drinking.

Carlos M. Grilo, PhD, explained symptoms, causes, and treatment for binge-eating disorder in his talk at The Annual Psychiatric Times® World CME Conference™.

Based on our current understanding, what is the underlying etiology for anorexia nervosa? Take the quiz.

This article describes a model for anorexia nervosa that is useful when working with patients or families to help them understand the complexity of the illness.

Eating disorders (ED) are associated with significant comorbid psychopathology and the most extensive medical complications of any psychiatric disorder.

Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, or ARFID, is a newly introduced eating disorder in DSM-5. Given that the disorder was introduced in 2013, it remains unclear how prevalent ARFID is in the general population.

The body image disturbance at the heart of anorexia nervosa is a false perception akin to the perceptual disorders found in schizophrenia.

Treating eating disorders can feel challenging because patients are typically ambivalent about changing their behavior; however, it is also rewarding, as full recovery is possible even in the most chronically and severely ill patients.

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a severe and debilitating illness with one of the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric disorder. The illness course is often long, recovery is slow, and the rates of full recovery are low.

More than two-thirds of patients with eating disorders also have comorbid mood and anxiety disorders. This article considers how a transdiagnostic process called interoception may help to advance our understanding and treatment of eating disorders.

Eating disorders (EDs) are associated with high medical and psychiatric comorbidity, poor quality of life, and high mortality, and mortality from anorexia nervosa (AN) is the highest of all mental disorders. Fortunately, there are a number of evidence-based psychological treatment approaches for EDs.