Eating Disorders
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What is the psychological impact of type 1 diabetes?
“There’s a greater risk for depression, because life with diabetes can really be trying,” said Dr. Nadine Hoffmeister.
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Innovative ‘chatbot’ reduces eating disorder risk
Eating disorders are “the second most deadly of all psychiatric illnesses – so prevention is of the utmost importance,” said Dr. C. Barr Taylor....
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ARFID or reasonable food restriction? The jury is out
Don’t jump to conclusions about avoidant restrictive food intake disorder in patients with gastrointestinal diseases, psychologists advise.
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Parent group warns of social media/eating disorders link
The January barrage of weight loss, body, and beauty messages can trigger dangerous behaviors in young people, especially on top of the added...
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Incident anorexia among youth increased during COVID-19 pandemic
“Many adolescents with eating disorders also have comorbid psychopathology, including depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.”
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What to do about pandemic PTSD
More than three-quarters of the health care workers reported symptoms that fell within the clinical range for depression (76%) and anxiety (78...
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ARFID characteristics differ among youth by sex and age
ARFID is a relatively new category of eating disorder, and there are no validated screening tools for use with children and adolescents, said Dr....
Commentary
Dopamine and reward: The story of social media
There is a need to establish boundaries between what is beneficial and what is potentially detrimental to our mental health, says Leanna M.W. Lui...
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Gut health ‘vitally important’ for mental health
“It’s clear that clinicians need to place a greater awareness of gut health when considering the treatment of certain psychiatric disorders.”
Feature
Psychiatric genomics has a diversity problem
For a long time researchers thought including “multiple ancestries in first rounds of genetic analyses” was too complicated, said Dr. Laramie...
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Admissions for eating disorders double in pandemic
More adolescents have needed help for eating disorders, which has exacerbated a treatment bottleneck.