New success in treating binge-eating disorder
A new Yale study found that patients with BED and obesity can be helped quickly and significantly from a specific behavioral therapy and medication. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - October 28, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Why Disconnecting From Your Phone Is So Good for You —and How to Do It
Graham Dugoni was sick of seeing smartphones everywhere when he lived in San Francisco in 2014. So he decided to create device-free spaces for people like him: artists, educators, and anyone else who craved a digital break.
The result is Yondr, a physical way to disconnect at concerts, schools, courtrooms, and private events. If a touring musician decides to use it, for instance, ticket holders are notified ahead of time that when they arrive at the venue, they’ll drop their phone into a pouch that locks when it’s closed. Patrons keep that pouch with them, but can only access their phone if they pop into specia...
Source: TIME: Health - October 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Angela Haupt Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Mental Health Technology Source Type: news
Deep brain stimulation may be treatment for binge eating disorder, study suggests
The technique appears to tamp down the impulses at the heart of binge eating disorder, new research finds. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - August 31, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Melissa Healy Source Type: news
Deep Brain Stimulation Shows Promise Against Binge Eating Disorder
TUESDAY, Aug. 30, 2022 -- Electrically stimulating the brain ' s " reward " circuity may hold promise as a treatment for binge eating disorder, a small pilot study suggests.
The findings are based on just two patients who received deep brain... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 30, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Binge eating disorder may be eased by deep brain stimulation, small study says
A device implanted deep in the brain disrupted food cravings and led to far fewer binge eating episodes in the two patients involved in a small pilot study on its safety. Both were severely obese and both lost weight. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - August 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Zapping your brain with electricity could help stop 'loss of control' binge eating, study finds
Two morbidly obese women were recruited for the study by University of Pennsylvania. They lost at least six kilograms during the study period. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Binge-eating and lack of exercise during lockdown has triggered huge increase in gout
It was once known as the 'disease of kings' - but hospital admissions for gout have surged due to binge-eating and exercising less during the lockdowns, figures suggest. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Eating disorder behaviors as predictors of suicidal ideation among people with an eating disorder - Joiner TE, Robison M, McClanahan S, Riddle M, Manwaring J, Rienecke RD, le Grange D, Duffy A, Mehler PS, Blalock DV.
OBJECTIVE: Suicidality is known to be elevated among people with an eating disorder. The aim of the current study was to examine whether any of three specific behavioral facets of eating disorders (i.e., purging, binge eating, restricting) would be the str... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
FDA Clears TMS for OCD; Cerebral Pauses ADHD Scripts; Binge-Eating Drug Flops
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA cleared the transcranial magnetic stimulation system NeuroStar Advanced Therapy for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, Neuronetics announced. The system was previously cleared for major depressive disorder... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - May 11, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Brain Scans Give Clues to Binge Eating Disorder in Young Kids
Title: Brain Scans Give Clues to Binge Eating Disorder in Young KidsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/18/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/18/2022 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General - March 18, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
The Link Between Type 2 Diabetes and Psychiatric Disorders
Living with mental-health disorders is challenging enough without adding physical ailments to the mix. But recent research suggests that people with psychiatric disorders also have higher rates of Type 2 diabetes, and the combination can be devastating.
“When people who have pre-existing mental illnesses develop diabetes, their outcomes are much worse,” says Anne Doherty, an associate professor of psychiatry at University College Dublin. Compared to people with Type 2 diabetes who don’t have mental illnesses, “they are more likely to develop complications, and they’re significantly more likely...
Source: TIME: Health - March 10, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sandeep Ravindran Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Eating disorders: A national clinical guideline (SIGN 164)
This provides recommendations based on current evidence for best practice in management of people with eating disorders, covering anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and eating-disordered psychopathology occurring in the context of type 1 diabetes mellitus. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Group Psychosocial Therapy Shows Promise for Binge Eating Group Psychosocial Therapy Shows Promise for Binge Eating
People with binge eating disorder may have been bullied as children, ' coped ' by overeating, and felt shame and stigma. A targeted psychosocial program may help, a feasibility study suggests.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
The hidden burden of eating disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lancet Psychiatry
Eating disorders are disabling, potentially fatal, and costly mental disorders that substantially impair physical health and disrupt psychosocial functioning.1 Both international disease classification systems (DSM-5 and ICD-11) list seven major eating disorders. These include the well known diagnostic categories of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and three additional disorders: avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, pica, and rumination disorder. There is also a category of otherwise specified feeding or eating disorders (OSFED). (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - December 21, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Searching for a Better Treatment for Eating Disorders Searching for a Better Treatment for Eating Disorders
Scientists are seeking new innovations to help people grappling with the pervasive and often-hidden problems of anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating.Knowable Magazine (Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines - December 17, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
