Columbus Park recently obtained an independent report, evaluating our clinical outcomes over the course of the last two years. The Center for Clinical Informatics, a data analytics firm specializing in the measurement of treatment outcomes for behavioral healthcare,...
There is no doubt that Netflix’s To The Bone featuring lead actor Lily Collins was well intentioned. As both director Marti Noxon and lead actor Lily Collins have suffered from anorexia, it was paramount to them that they use their platforms to share this story in an...
A recent study revealed that only 20% of teenagers struggling with an eating disorder seek treatment from a medical professional. As eating disorders may be difficult to diagnose and manage in this population, this figure further complicates an already challenging...
Unfortunately, for many who struggle with disordered eating, life revolves around food and weight: planning for meals, feeling guilty post-eating, thinking about food, dreaming about it, frequent weighing, body checking…. In many of these individuals, this food/weight...
For months leading up to summer, it is hard to avoid hashtags and slogans that promote a “bikini body,” as if there is a certain body type that should be synonymous with going to the beach! In an effort to bring the joy back to summer, popular “Mommy Blogger”, Jill...
For the first time, researchers have identified a location for anorexia nervosa within the genome. The ground-breaking study was carried out by the Psychiatric Genetics Consortium Eating Disorders Working Group at UNC Chapel Hill Medical School in an effort to...
As I field inquiries from individuals seeking treatment for conditions like binge eating disorder and bulimia, I almost always provide some basic education in that very first call about the two most two most common “pathways” to over-eating or binge-eating (and...
The incidence of anorexia in younger children appears to be increasing. As with anorexia in adolescents and adults, pre-pubescent anorexia is a biologically-based illness (i.e. genetic) that is typically triggered by social and emotional factors. Increased rates of...