Therapeutic outcome and long-term naturalistic follow-up of female adolescent outpatients with AN: clinical, personality and psychopathology evolution, process indicators and outcome predictors - Amianto F, Arletti L, Vesco S, Davico C, Vitiello B.
BACKGROUND: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious mental illness of growing prevalence in childhood and adolescence. Despite its severity, there are still no completely satisfactory evidence-based treatments. Follow-up studies represent the most effective att... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Causes of Anorexia and Effects of Mistreatment
Hadley Freeman’s “Good Girls” (Bookshelf, May 1) is the most insightful book I have ever read as to the causes of anorexia. Most anorexics aren’t part of the prison system that a psychiatrist references in his assumption that sexual abuse and PTSD are behind anorexia “until proven otherwise”…#hadleyfreemans (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
PTSD, Anorexia and the Desire to ‘Stop the Feelings’
My advice that childhood sexual abuse be considered in cases of anorexia nervosa (Letters, May 9) prompted a letter (May 12) regarding psychiatrists blaming parents. Frankly, I haven’t heard a psychiatrist blame a parent in decades. That isn’t to say that childhood sexual abuse shouldn’t be on the… (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gut Bacteria Contribute to Anorexia
Microbiomes transplanted from women with anorexia nervosa into mice enhanced symptoms of the eating disorder, such as rapid weight loss and reduced appetite. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - May 1, 2023 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
‘Good Girls’ Review: When the Body Is a Battleground
Anorexia is not a desire to be thin—it’s a desire to look ill, an esteemed psychiatrist told Hadley Freeman many years after she’d left the hospital. Why young girls, why Ms. Freeman herself, would want to be ill is the gripping question at the heart of “Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia.”…#hadleyfreeman (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The anorexia patients abandoned by the NHS because 'they are too sick to treat'
Zara Taylor, pictured left with her mother Debbie, 52, from London took her own life in September 2021 after a long battle with anorexia. Zara had been hospitalised 13 times in a decade. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Weight-loss jabs 'used by Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk' are being abused by slim people
Anorexia and bulimia sufferers are turning to unscrupulous dealers on sites including eBay and Instagram to buy Wegovy and Ozempic, experts have told The Mail on Sunday. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Yale team uncovers promising new therapeutic for anorexia nervosa
A new study by Yale researchers reveals a potential new therapeutic for the disorder, as well as for cancer-induced anorexia and other mood disorders. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 12, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Women’s health — doctor doesn’t always know best
From anorexia to heart attacks: two books, by Hadley Freeman and Marieke Bigg, highlight how medicine fails to understand women and girls (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - April 12, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Low-Dose Olanzapine Improves Appetite in Chemotherapy Patients Low-Dose Olanzapine Improves Appetite in Chemotherapy Patients
Low-dose olanzapine appears to be an effective and well-tolerated add-on intervention for the subset of patients at risk for anorexia at the start of chemotherapy, say researchers.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - April 6, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
The harms of sticking calorie counts on menus
Putting calories on menus across England has hampered the recovery of 84 per cent of people living with the likes of anorexia or bulimia, according to eating disorder charity Beat. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Frequency and correlates of lifetime suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among consecutively hospitalized youth with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: results from a retrospective chart review - Arnold S, Correll CU, Jaite C.
BACKGROUND: Youth with eating disorders (EDs) face an increased risk of a premature suicide death. Precursors of completed suicide are suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, which need to be well understood to prevent suicide. However, epidemiological dat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Endogenous Ghrelin Tied to Weight Gain in Patients With Anorexia
TUESDAY, March 28, 2023 -- Endogenous ghrelin is associated with longitudinal weight gain in girls and young women with anorexia nervosa, according to a study published online March 24 in JAMA Network Open.
Youngjung R. Kim, M.D., Ph.D., from... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 28, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Body Dysmorphic Disorder Is More Common than Eating Disorders Like Anorexia and Bulimia, Yet Few People Are Aware of Its Dangers
Yves here. While this article is useful in documenting the extent of body dysmorphic disorder, in my humble opinion, it is remiss in failing to discuss the huge industry that profits from creating dissatisfaction with appearance. Most photos in fashion magazines are airbrushed. Female fashion…#menshealth #evafisher #communicationfaculty #fugenneziroglu #jamiefeusner #universityoftoronto #bdd #clinicians #bddfamily #depression (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sports Were Never Designed Around the Female Body
Ever since Title IX opened the door to our participation, female athletes have been encouraged, or even required, to fight their body’s natural development and restrict their diet to keep up with the boys. But no matter how many news stories come out about the epidemic of disordered eating and subsequent injuries and trauma for women in high school and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sports, we have continually failed to address the root issue: sports, as we know it, have never been designed around the developmental norms of the female body.
As a woman with nearly three decades in elite sport, first a...
Source: TIME: Health - March 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lauren Fleshman Tags: Uncategorized freelance Sports Source Type: news
