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The media needs to do its homework - ED Bites
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Recovering from anorexia, one bite at a time. The media needs to do its homework. A big part of my job both as a science writer and as a blogger here for ED Bites is to read news articles. For ED Bites, not surprisingly, those articles are generally about eating disorders. The problem with regularly perusing media coverage of eating disorders is that I am left wanting to stab out my own eyeballs in frustration and despair. Anorexia and bulimia are "dramatically" on the rise. The article also talked about...
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Summer is coming… | The Thinking Junction
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Summer is coming…. It’s been too long since I’ve posted here, too long. Oh well that being said what is on my mind today is dread, dread of Summer not only because of the insufferable heat here but because it’s that time of year where it’s all about how to get a bikini body. Ohhhhhh dear Lord spare me! 8220;Oh I only eat steamed vegetables and salads and only meat that’s been grilled! Being thin and pretty has made my life so great! I don’t really want to look like I’m made of ticky-tacky. Trackback ( 0 ).
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Mental Illness Summary | The Thinking Junction
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There are many diagnoses for mood, anxiety and personality disorders. Many of which are debated as to whether or not they are valid mental illnesses rather than personality traits and types. In my own personal opinion, (see http:/ psychcentral.com/disorders/. I believe that there is no need for the staggering number of diagnosable “disorders” and that while these conditions are valid and do exist, I deny that they many of them are true mental sicknesses. There are mental illnesses, they are widely misund...
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Treating co-occurring EDs and OCD | ED Bites
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The latest tasty tidbits in eating disorder science}. Treating co-occurring EDs and OCD. January 18, 2013. By Walter Kaye and colleagues in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The gold standard in treating OCD is a form of cognitive-behavioral therapy known as exposure and response prevention (ERP). You can read more about ERP here. Some researchers are beginning to use components of ERP to treat food fears in EDs, especially anorexia nervosa. In a 2011 study. In the European Eating Disorders Review.
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The latest tasty tidbits in eating disorder science}. Gut feelings: EDs and the microbiome. January 31, 2013. Consider this thought experiment: Drop a person in a blender (since it’s all hypothetical, go ahead and make it someone you don’t like. Feel better? I bet you do! Then, count all the total number of cells that are produced. Only one in ten of these cells will be human. The other 90%? Those are […]. Treating co-occurring EDs and OCD. January 18, 2013. August 8, 2012. March 8, 2012. I’ve enga...
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Personality Traits | ED Bites
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The latest tasty tidbits in eating disorder science}. RSS feed for this section. Personality-based subtypes of anorexia nervosa. June 29, 2013. When dieting gets dangerous. April 25, 2013. Let me introduce you to two hypothetical teens: Teen A and Teen B. Both teens go on diets. It could mean they want to lose a few pounds, it could be they are trying to “eat healthy” or be better at their sport. Regardless of why, they start cutting back on the amount and variety […]. April 18, 2013. March 20, 2013.
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Major depression | ED Bites
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The latest tasty tidbits in eating disorder science}. RSS feed for this section. Eating disorders in young children–how bad is it? October 11, 2014. Lucky comes later- on surviving suicide. August 11, 2014. January 10, 2014. So it’s been a while since I’ve blogged. To be honest, the depression and anxiety fully kicked my butt, and it was So. Much. Harder. to get my eating back on track than I anticipated, partly due to the anxiety and depression and partly due to the fact that...October 9, 2013. Puberty ...
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Cultural Factors | ED Bites
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The latest tasty tidbits in eating disorder science}. RSS feed for this section. On orthorexia, Part One: Is orthorexia an eating disorder? November 13, 2014. The Biggest Loser and a Bigger Hypocrisy. February 5, 2014. The sky is (not) falling: Setting the record straight on the so-called eating disorder epidemic. January 29, 2014. Eating disorders can be a popular topic in the media, especially when they have to do with celebrities. They are usually filled with gasp-inducing statistics, a stock phot...
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Anxiety | ED Bites
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The latest tasty tidbits in eating disorder science}. RSS feed for this section. Eating disorders in young children–how bad is it? October 11, 2014. January 10, 2014. So it’s been a while since I’ve blogged. To be honest, the depression and anxiety fully kicked my butt, and it was So. Much. Harder. to get my eating back on track than I anticipated, partly due to the anxiety and depression and partly due to the fact that I increased in my intake and […]. Letting go of the idealized recovery. Puberty sucks...
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Bulimia Nervosa | ED Bites
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The latest tasty tidbits in eating disorder science}. RSS feed for this section. On orthorexia, Part One: Is orthorexia an eating disorder? November 13, 2014. Eating disorders in young children–how bad is it? October 11, 2014. The sky is (not) falling: Setting the record straight on the so-called eating disorder epidemic. January 29, 2014. Eating disorders can be a popular topic in the media, especially when they have to do with celebrities. They are usually filled with gasp-inducing statistics, a st...
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