A new study out of Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., examined the role that parents play in childhood eating disorder treatment and recovery. Results suggest that parents should become more involved with their child’s eating disorder treatment and identified a...
Executive functions in adolescents with binge-eating disorder and obesity In this study, Kittel, Schmidt, and Hilbert (2017) sought to examine executive functioning (EF) in response to neutral stimuli in youth with BED and obesity (referred to as “BED”), obesity only...
With images of the ‘thin ideal’ and triggering web content just a click away, technology is often considered a source of negativity for those struggling with an eating disorder. Researchers within the EU Research Council are aiming to reverse this association and...
Eating behavior and psychological profile: associations between daughters with distinct eating disorders and their mothers Vazquez-Velazquez et al., 2017 This article sought to identify the associations between psychological profile and eating behavior of mothers and...
Researchers at Dartmouth College tested the first-ever app developed to help physicians remotely manage the care of older adults with severe mental illness. The study, published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, aimed to embrace prevention and illness...
A recent study from the Department of Neuroscience, Drug Research and Child Health Department, University of Florence, Italy aimed to “challenge a notion of recovery in eating disorders (EDs) that is exclusively based on weight restoration or behavioral changes.” This...
The experience of an eating disorder is often marked with self-criticism, self-directed hostility and shame. Many times these negative cognitions are perpetuated by an individual’s underlying belief he/she does not deserve support or is not worthy of compassion as a...
A recent study identified two different gene clusters believed to be responsible for the development of eating disorders. While previous studies have found that eating disorders are 50-80% genetic, the current study aimed to better understand which genes are damaged...
Eating disorder researchers have consistently demonstrated that Family-Based Treatment (FBT) is the best treatment solution for children with anorexia (an emerging body of evidence is showing similar effectiveness for children and adolescents with bulimia and adults...
A German study recently published to JAMA Psychiatry confirmed that face-to-face delivery of CBT treatment remains the gold standard treatment for Binge Eating Disorder (BED). This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of internet-based guided self-help compared with...