Eating Disorders News

Substance use disorders appeared to increase excess mortality among patients with eating disorders, according to results of a nationwide register-based retrospective cohort study.

Recent media reports have highlighted the health risks associated with social media use among adolescents.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said there was insufficient evidence to make a recommendation on whether clinicians should screen asymptomatic adolescents and adults for eating disorders.

Young people with intracranial hypertension had an increased prevalence of disordered eating behaviors, according to study results published in Pediatric Neurology.

The prevalence of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder varied significantly based on how the disorder was defined, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Healio Psychiatry has compiled a list of its five most-viewed stories in July.

Individuals with eating disorders had nearly nine times greater risk for lifetime OCD and eight times greater risk for current OCD vs. healthy controls, according to results of an epidemiological meta-analysis.

Failure to meet certain emotional developmental milestones between ages 3 to 7 years appeared to increase risk for broad anorexia nervosa, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Following imposed lockdowns and remote schooling in Austria, adolescents experienced significantly lower mental health and life satisfaction in 2021 compared with 2018, according to a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.

Groups with shorter fetal maturity at birth had slightly higher rates of multiple neuropsychiatric disorders while groups with the longest fetal maturity exhibited the lowest rates for most disorders.