With the end of the year comes reflection on what we’ve learned about eating disorders and mental health in 2020. Predictably, a majority of the new eating disorder-related research published in 2020 focused on the impact of the pandemic including the emotional toll...
For Providers: Suicide Risk Assessment As we wind down September’s suicide prevention month, it’s a good time for those of us who treat eating disorders and other mental health conditions to evaluate our own suicide assessment skills and remind ourselves to be on the...
A recent study conducted by lead researcher Kristen Anderson, LCSW aimed to test the feasibility of utilizing telehealth to deliver family-based treatment (FBT) to adolescents and their families. All participants (N=10) were diagnosed with anorexia nervosa (AN) based...
Vazquez-Velazquez et al. (2017) wanted to identify the associations between psychological profile and eating behavior of mothers and daughters with AN, BN, and BED. When looking at the AN results, they found that were significant differences between them in almost all...