Featuring Insight from Eating Recovery Center Clinical Manager, Emma Streit, LCSW Eating disorders are often misunderstood, but they impact millions of individuals and families across the United ...

Eating disorders often involve a team of clinicians to address different elements of the illness. A physician may monitor physical changes and problems, a psychologist may address underlying thoughts ...

The active chemical in "magic mushrooms" may help treat anorexia, a new study has found. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News The active chemical in "magic mushrooms" may help treat anorexia, a new ...

Eating disorders are among the most prevalent and dangerous mental health concerns for Iowa teenagers, and specialized treatment options in the state are limited. The University of Iowa’s Scanlan ...

[T]he sort of “dirty little secret” of treatment in the field is that a reasonably high percentage of people who treat eating disorders have had them themselves, and a lot of them never really fully ...

Eating disorders affect hundreds of millions around the world and are dominated by negative thoughts and behaviors around food, eating, weight and body shape. Current research reveals the best ...

Qualitative study reveals gap between how lived experience individuals and professionals conceptualise anorexia recovery; particularly around weight restoration and residual symptoms.

At least half of everyone with eating disorders abuses alcohol or illicit drugs, five times more than people without eating disorders. Conversely, more than a third (35 percent) with substance use ...

This series was supported by The Pulitzer Center. This story is the third of the four-part series. For years, the media image of an anorexic youth was an emaciated white female teen. One of the ...

Eating disorders affect people of all races and ethnicities. However, barriers to healthcare may prevent some racial and ethnic groups from receiving accurate diagnoses and treatment. Eating disorders ...

The active chemical in "magic mushrooms" may help treat anorexia, a new study has found. Following psilocybin treatment, 4 of 10 study participants showed clinically significant reductions in their ...