Eating disorders often involve a team of clinicians to address different elements of the illness. A physician may monitor physical changes and problems, a psychologist may address underlying thoughts ...

During my training in child psychiatry, I took special interest in working with children struggling with eating disorders. In Iowa, there is only one comprehensive eating disorders treatment facility.

This post is Part 3 of a 4-part series. In this third part of a four-part series (preceded by part 1 and part 2), we complete our roundup of reasons why target weights hamper rather than helping ...

Members of the Unviersity of Kansas's Center for the Advancement of Research on Eating Behaviors. The team has helped develop the BEST-U treatment program. When you study eating disorders like KU ...

Many people who get anorexia recover after therapy and counseling. But in about 20 to 30 percent of cases, the disease becomes a chronic condition that gets tougher and tougher to treat. Right now, ...

This series was supported by The Pulitzer Center. This story is the third of the four-part series. For years, the media image of an anorexic youth was an emaciated white female teen. One of the ...

Toronto, ON — A new binational study of 259 outpatient psychotherapists across Canada and the United States highlights significant gaps in clinician knowledge, confidence, and formal training related ...

Eating disorders are among the top ten leading causes of disability among young women and have one of the highest mortality rates compared to other mental disorders. According to recent studies, up to ...