eating disorders treatment

Study shows inadequate diagnostic criteria for eating disorders

harminka — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:39:06 -0600

A new study by Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University suggests that the DSM-IV criteria for eating disorders have limited clinical utility. Researchers recommend a broadening of the criteria for bulimia, anorexia and binge eating disorder.

Education is First Line of Defense against Eating Disorders

harminka — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:07:14 -0600

Providing accurate information and improving knowledge of the illness is the most effective preliminary strategy against eating disorders, according to a study in Early Intervention in Psychiatry published by Wiley Blackwell.

Doubling success rates for bulimia treatment

harminka — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:29:03 -0500

In the first randomized controlled trial for adolescent bulimia nervosa to be completed in the US, researchers show that mobilizing parents to help an adolescent overcome the disorder can double the percentage of teens who were able to abstain from binge eating and purging after six months.

New therapies for binge eating disorder

harminka — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:46:11 -0500

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) psychologists have developed an animal model for the binge eating disorder, which affects an estimated one in 20 Americans. The Sprague-Dawley rat model could lead to the identification of physiological mechanisms that distinguish different types of eating disorders and to the creation of new, targeted drug therapies.