Eating Disorders News

The American Psychiatric Association on Wednesday announced the launch of PsychPRO 2.0, a mental health registry that offers psychiatrists enhanced options to engage with patients, track outcomes and streamline data for quality reporting.

Researchers developed the first comprehensive set of guidelines for managing anorexia nervosa in pregnancy through a systematic review.

Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. and Massachusetts General Hospital have announced an agreement to evaluate TNX-1900 as a potential treatment for patients with binge eating disorder.

The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to an intranasal potentiated oxytocin treatment for a rare genetic disorder that causes pathological eating disorders in adults and newborns.

Older adults, children, men and certain racial and ethnic groups were found to be underrepresented in U.S.-based clinical trials on eating disorders, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Children with positive early interactions with their mother were at a reduced risk for obesity in childhood, a study published in Pediatrics found.

Children born to mothers with active eating disorders during pregnancy demonstrated an elevated risk for developing ADHD and autism spectrum disorders, according to a Swedish population-based cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

The prevalence of mental disorders has been on the rise and remains a significant leading cause of disease burden worldwide, according to a 30-year global systematic analysis published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

The initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic uncovered a rise in diagnoses of and hospitalizations for anorexia nervosa in both children and adolescents, per a cross-sectional study from Canada published in JAMA Network Open Pediatrics.

Inpatient stays for eating disorders increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results of a cohort study in a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.