Eating Disorders News

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.

Adults with anorexia nervosa had increased risk for relapse in the first months after acute care discharge, according to study results published in American Journal of Psychiatry.

Eating disorder behaviors appeared to change brain reward processing, according to results of a cross-sectional imaging study published in JAMA Network Open.

Adults with depressive symptoms used more humor and sarcasm to cope with challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to survey results.

Researchers conducted an umbrella review of interventions for mental disorders among youths that provided evidence-based information for clinical decision making.

Myth: Severe eating disorders don’t affect health care providers, or HCPs.

The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study should formally include binge-eating disorder and other specified feeding or eating disorders, according to study results published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has designated March as National Nutrition Month.