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Call for papers: Moving the Needle on Eating Disorder Treatment: Precision Psychiatry and Personalized Treatment Advances

Eating disorders are extremely heterogeneous illnesses, meaning that regardless of diagnosis, individuals vary significantly in terms of presenting symptoms, underlying causal mechanisms, and developmental factors. Personalization of treatment is not a new idea and has been called for by major granting institutions, such as the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and leaders in the field of clinical psychology and psychiatry (Fisher, 2015; Wright & Woods, 2020). Indeed, data show that tailored treatment produce longer-lasting and more effective outcomes relative to treatments based on averages (Eskildsen et al., 2020). The goal of this special collection is to showcase advances in precision psychiatry and personalized medicine/treatment in the eating disorders. This Collection welcomes submission of case reports, commentaries, original research, reviews, and study protocols. 

Guest Editors: Dr. Cheri A. Levinson, Dr. April Smith, and Dr. Irina A. Vanzhula.

Submission deadline: 29 January 2025

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Call For Papers: Mindful Journeys: A Careful Exploration of Psychedelics in Eating Disorder Treatment

In a recent Journal of Eating Disorders editorial, Touyz and Hay (2022)  emphasized the need for innovative approaches in treating eating disorders, particularly anorexia nervosa (AN), which maintains a high mortality rate. Existing therapies benefit many, but up to 40% of individuals with AN remain ill after 20 years. Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy, with its reported therapeutic potential and impact on cognitive flexibility, is being considered as a next step in trials for AN treatment in several countries, including in the USA, Canada, UK, and Australia. The Collection Mindful Journeys: A Careful Exploration of Psychedelics in Eating Disorder Treatment will be devoted to this new frontier in better understanding the potential role of psychedelics in the treatment of eating disorders.
This Collection welcomes submission of case reports, commentaries, original research, reviews, and study protocols.

Guest Editors: Dr. Aaron Keshen and Editors-in-Chief Prof. Stephen Touyz and Prof. Phillipa Hay.

Submission deadline: 31 December 2024

Articles

Thematic series

Context Matters: Environmental Influences on Eating disorders, Disordered eating and Body Image (Edited by Dr Long Le, Dr Deborah Mitchison, and Professor Bryn Austin)

Medical Assessment and Management in Eating Disorders (Edited by Dr. Phil Mehler and Dr. Allison Nitsch)

Clinical Advances in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Related Restricting Eating Disorders (Edited by Prof. Dr. Ivan Eisler, Prof. Dr. Ulrike Schmidt and Prof. Dr. Daniel Le Grange)

Eating disorder treatment practice standards

Eating Disorders in the time of COVID-19 outbreak - Implications for now and the future (Edited by Profs. Hubert Lacey, Phillipa Hay and Stephen Touyz)

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Latest article collections

Stigma and Eating Disorders and Body Image: Impact and solutions

Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder

Context Matters: Environmental Influences on Eating disorders, Disordered eating and Body Image

Medical Assessment and Management in Eating Disorders

Binge Eating Related Eating Disorders

From the Editors

This year we thank Deciding Editor Professor Daniel Le Grange for his dedicated service as Associate Editor from the inception of the Journal. His contribution has been beyond expectations and his expertise in the field of Child and Adolescent Health invaluable.

Aims and scope

Journal of Eating Disorders is the first open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing leading research in the science and clinical practice of eating disorders. It disseminates research that provides answers to the important issues and key challenges in the field of eating disorders and to facilitate translation of evidence into practice.

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Journal prize winners (2023)

Journal of Eating Disorders Editors are delighted to announce that the winner of the Best Empirical Research paper award is Dr Renee Rienecke for Adverse childhood experiences among adults with eating disorders: comparison to a nationally representative sample and identification of trauma profiles. J Eat Disord 10, 72 (2022)

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 3.5
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 4.0
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.099
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.024

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 7
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 119

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 1,680,918
    Altmetric mentions: 2,607