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DBT Skills 101: Mindfulness
While Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) was initially developed as a treatment for chronic suicidal individuals diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, it has been proven effective as a treatment for a broad range of issues like substance abuse, depression,...
The Neuroscience of Anxiety & Anorexia
Think back to the last time you experienced feeling “hangry”—irritable, cranky or uncomfortable due to hunger. Perhaps it was when you had gone too long between meals, got held up in a lunch meeting or were engaging in a restrictive diet plan. This uncomfortable and...
Integrating Telehealth into Daily Practice Procedures
Internet-based eating disorder interventions such as audio/visual communication (tele-therapy) and smartphone applications have demonstrated some promising outcomes in recent studies. Early feedback from e-health research has suggested that Internet-based cognitive...
The Importance of Early Change
The importance of early change in eating disorder treatment cannot be over-emphasized. When we say “early change” we mean a significant reduction in ED symptoms like restriction, binge-eating and purging - within the first 6-8 weeks of treatment. Extensive research...
Exposure Therapy: Reducing Relapse Rates for Adults with AN
Could a commonly used intervention for anxiety & OCD-related disorders be key to curbing post-treatment relapse in adults with anorexia nervosa? Researchers out of New York Psychiatric Institute set out to demonstrate that Exposure & Response Prevention for...
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2018: Stats and Guidance
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2018 is a time when families and professionals alike come together to inform their communities, share stories and support one another. This week is internationally recognized and dedicated to fighting the various myths, stigmas...
CP Research Corner: Increase in Dieting and Fear of Weight Gain
Prevalence of dieting and fear of weight gain across ages: a community sample from adolescents to the elderly Margarita C. T. Slof‑Op ‘t Landt1 · Eric F. van Furth1,2 · Catharina E. M. van Beijsterveldt3 · Meike Bartels3 · Gonneke Willemsen3 · Eco J. de Geus3 ·...
CP Research Corner: Self-Weighing
This study looked at young males and females, transitioning from adolescence to young adulthood, who endorsed self-weighing and examined the relationship between self-weighing and actual weight status along with other psychological and behavioral factors. The study...
Why Dieting Just Doesn’t Work
Over hundreds and thousands of years, our ancestors developed adaptations to survive famine. When faced with a dramatic shift in energy availability (i.e. decrease in food), the body responds with neurobiological, hormonal and metabolic changes. So what does that...
Wake Up, Weight Watchers: The Dangers of Teen Dieting
You may have seen the recent Weight Watchers campaign that promotes free teen memberships starting in the summer of 2018. Weight Watchers is deploying a classic marketing technique—a free startup offer in the hopes that once hooked on the product, participants would...