Eating Disorders News

The upcoming U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress Conference will fulfill this year’s theme of “mental wellness” through a plethora of offerings, including educational sessions, networking events, poster presentations, exhibitions and more

Compared with their heterosexual youth counterparts, sexual minority youth, including lesbian, gay, bisexual adolescents, reported a disproportionately higher prevalence of disordered eating, according to study results.

Researchers found that therapist-led cognitive behavioral therapy and several drugs were effective treatment options for binge-eating disorder, according to findings published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Anorexia nervosa may be associated with pleasure of losing weight, rather than the fear of gaining weight, according to recent findings.

Delegates at the AMA annual meeting adopted new policy on equal health care access and payment for eating disorders, according to a press release from the organization.

Analysis of a community sample indicated higher binge-eating disorder prevalence estimates when using DSM-5 criteria, compared with DSM-IV-TR criteria. Further, the majority of individuals who met DSM-5 criteria were not formally diagnosed with the disorder.

ATLANTA — Data presented here suggest clinical utility of a binge-eating disorder screening tool among psychiatrists and primary care providers.

ATLANTA — Individuals with binge-eating disorder were more likely to be prescribed medication for various health issues prior to and following diagnosis, compared with healthy controls, according to data presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting.

ATLANTA — A significantly higher percentage of adolescent males with eating disorders had comorbid depression compared with adolescent females with eating disorders, according to research presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting.

ATLANTA — Matthew Shear, MD, MPH, assistant Professor of Psychiatry at New York-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine, discusses treatment methods for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and recently defined DSM-5 avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder among adolescents.