Do you sometimes feel as if you cannot stop worrying? Do you toss and turn at night feeling nervous about the next day? If so, you are not alone. Anxiety is a common experience for Americans. Anxiety ...

A UB clinical psychologist says better screening is needed for eating disorders, raising the issue during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. The national campaign, taking place Feb. 23 through ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is strongly linked to disordered eating, which in turn, impedes treatment for the anxiety disorder in new findings that underscore the need for ...

Electrolyte abnormalities may serve as a precursor to a future eating disorder diagnosis, a finding that may help pinpoint candidates for screening. Researchers found that adolescents and adults with ...

Want an online eating disorder assessment you can trust? I recommend The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26). This assessment is the most widely used and respected self-test, appropriate for adolescents ...

Tamie Gangloff says that eating disorders stem from body image disturbances. Sufferers may believe that their bodies don’t work the way they are supposed to. Another possible cause is chronic illness.

Health care professionals may now have a way to identify possible eating disorder cases a year before they would have been diagnosed, allowing patients to receive support much sooner, according to a ...

Maladaptive patterns of smartphone use and greater daily screentime were associated with body image dissatisfaction and ...

Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London have identified a range of weight-loss behaviors that are not included in current assessment ...

Eating disorders are among the deadliest and fastest-growing mental health conditions, yet they remain largely misunderstood. Popular portrayals reduce these illnesses to superficial stereotypes, ...

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