November 17, 2020
A healthy diet can improve mood and effectiveness of antidepressant medications. Here's why your patients should be eating healthier.
November 09, 2020
A diagnosis of depression, anxiety disorders, or bulimia may also indicate a heightened risk of excessive drinking.
October 19, 2020
Carlos M. Grilo, PhD, explained symptoms, causes, and treatment for binge-eating disorder in his talk at The Annual Psychiatric Times® World CME Conference™.
July 21, 2020
Although weight loss may be a favorable feature of healthful diets, "clean eating" can be taken to extremes. In this video, we interview Thomas R. Dunn, PhD, author of a recent CME for Psychiatric Times. Orthorexia Nervosa.
February 12, 2020
Based on our current understanding, what is the underlying etiology for anorexia nervosa? Take the quiz.
October 31, 2019
This article describes a model for anorexia nervosa that is useful when working with patients or families to help them understand the complexity of the illness.
October 31, 2019
Eating disorders (ED) are associated with significant comorbid psychopathology and the most extensive medical complications of any psychiatric disorder.
October 31, 2019
Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, or ARFID, is a newly introduced eating disorder in DSM-5. Given that the disorder was introduced in 2013, it remains unclear how prevalent ARFID is in the general population.
October 23, 2019
The body image disturbance at the heart of anorexia nervosa is a false perception akin to the perceptual disorders found in schizophrenia.
September 30, 2019
Treating eating disorders can feel challenging because patients are typically ambivalent about changing their behavior; however, it is also rewarding, as full recovery is possible even in the most chronically and severely ill patients.