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The challenges ahead for patients with feeding and eating disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic

The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) became a global pandemic only a few months after it emerged in China. Besides, this pandemic imposed adverse consequences on public health, particularly on the mental he...

Authors: Mohsen Khosravi

“I’m not a teenager, I’m 22. Why can’t I snap out of it?”: a qualitative exploration of seeking help for a first-episode eating disorder during emerging adulthood

Eating disorders (EDs) typically have their onset during adolescence or the transition to adulthood. Emerging adulthood (~ 18–25 years) is a developmental phase which conceptually overlaps with adolescence but...

Authors: Rachel Potterton, Amelia Austin, Karina Allen, Vanessa Lawrence and Ulrike Schmidt

Earlier diagnosis in anorexia nervosa: better watch growth charts!

A better understanding of the healthcare pathway of children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) may contribute to earlier detection and better disease management. Here we measured and compared the symp...

Authors: Morgane Marion, Sylvie Lacroix, Marylène Caquard, Laurence Dreno, Pauline Scherdel, Christèle Gras Le Guen, Emmanuelle Caldagues and Elise Launay

Psychometric properties of instruments assessing exercise in patients with eating disorders: a systematic review

Research has identified factors specific to exercise in eating disorder patients such as affect regulation and compulsivity. Existing measures of exercise behaviour which were not originally designed for eatin...

Authors: Astrid Harris, Phillipa Hay and Stephen Touyz

An audit of the changes in thiamine levels during higher caloric nutritional rehabilitation of adolescent patients hospitalised with a restrictive eating disorder

Routine supplementation of thiamine in patients with restrictive eating disorders prior to initiation of nutritional rehabilitation, is an example of a clinical guideline based on expert opinion rather than ev...

Authors: Elizabeth Parker, Terri Maister, Anita Stefoska-Needham, Christine Wearne, Gail Anderson, Linette Gomes, Simon Clarke and Michael Kohn

Association between eating behavior and quarantine/confinement stressors during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak

Quarantine/confinement is an effective measure to face the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Consequently, in response to this stressful situation, people confined to their homes may change their everyday e...

Authors: Chadia Haddad, Maha Zakhour, Maria Bou kheir, Rima Haddad, Myriam Al Hachach, Hala Sacre and Pascale Salameh

Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and UK lockdown on individuals with experience of eating disorders

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may raise unique challenges for individuals with experience of eating disorders. Many factors have potential for detrimental impacts on psychological wellbeing ...

Authors: Dawn Branley-Bell and Catherine V. Talbot

Blind versus open weighing from an eating disorder patient perspective

Weighing is a key component in the treatment of eating disorders. Most treatment protocols advocate for open weighing, however, many clinicians choose to use blind weighing, especially during the early phase o...

Authors: Franzisca V. Froreich, Sarah E. Ratcliffe and Lenny R. Vartanian

Eating disorders among patients with borderline personality disorder: understanding the prevalence and psychopathology

Treatment protocols can be bolstered and etiological and maintenance factors can be recognized more easily by a superior understanding of emotions and emotion regulation in the comorbidity of borderline person...

Authors: Mohsen Khosravi

Experiences of patients with anorexia nervosa during the transition from child and adolescent mental health services to adult mental health services

The transition between the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and the Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS) is identified as an especially critical time for the continuity of care for patients w...

Authors: Veronica Lockertsen, Liv Nilsen, Lill Ann Wellhaven Holm, Øyvind Rø, Linn May Burger and Jan Ivar Røssberg

Evaluation of cognitive function in patients with severe anorexia nervosa before and after medical stabilization

The purpose of this study was to quantify cognitive deficits in severe anorexia nervosa (AN) before and after medical stabilization.

Authors: Melanie Rylander, Gillian Taylor, Susan Bennett, Christopher Pierce, Angela Keniston and Philip S. Mehler

Family-related non-abuse adverse life experiences occurring for adults diagnosed with eating disorders: a systematic review

Although previous reviews suggest a strong association between abuse and eating disorders, less is known about non-abuse adverse life experiences, such as parental mental illness or family discord, which occur...

Authors: Katie Grogan, Diarmuid MacGarry, Jessica Bramham, Mary Scriven, Caroline Maher and Amanda Fitzgerald

Eating disorder diagnostics in the digital era: validation of the Norwegian version of the Eating Disorder Assessment for DSM-5 (EDA-5)

The Eating Disorder Assessment for DSM-5 (EDA-5) is an electronic, semi-structured interview developed to assess feeding and eating disorders following DSM-5 criteria. The original English version has strong p...

Authors: Camilla Lindvall Dahlgren, B. Timothy Walsh, Karianne Vrabel, Cecilie Siegwarth and Øyvind Rø

The Freiburg sport therapy program for eating disorders: a randomized controlled trial

Unhealthy attitudes towards sport and problematic exercise behavior in eating disorders (ED) are common and associated with poorer treatment outcome and higher relapse rates. There is a need to develop and emp...

Authors: Almut Zeeck, Sabine Schlegel, Friederike Jagau, Claas Lahmann and Armin Hartmann

Reduction in depressive symptoms predicts improvement in eating disorder symptoms in interpersonal psychotherapy: results from a naturalistic study

Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) can be effective for both Bulimia Nervosa (BN) and co-occurring depression. While changes in symptoms of Eating disorder (ED) and depression have been found to correlate, it i...

Authors: Malin Bäck, Fredrik Falkenström, Sanna Aila Gustafsson, Gerhard Andersson and Rolf Holmqvist

Outcomes of inpatient psychological treatments for children and adolescents with eating disorders at time of discharge: a systematic review

Recommended first line treatment for children and adolescent eating disorders is outpatient therapy. However, a significant number of children and adolescents with eating disorders continue to require inpatien...

Authors: Leanna Isserlin, Wendy Spettigue, Mark Norris and Jennifer Couturier

Interpretation bias modification to reduce body dissatisfaction – a randomized controlled pilot study in women with elevated weight and shape concerns

Recent research has identified several cognitive biases in patients with eating disorders, such as a tendency to interpret ambiguous information about one’s own body in a negative way. The so-called “negative ...

Authors: Silvia Bradatsch, Marlene Dorit Vahl, Rachel Potterton, Gemma Gordon, Ulrike Schmidt and Timo Brockmeyer

Peer mentoring for individuals with an eating disorder: a qualitative evaluation of a pilot program

After receiving intensive medical treatment; individuals with eating disorders often require ongoing care to maintain their recovery, build social networks, and reduce risk of relapse.

Authors: Freya Hanly, Benjamin Torrens-Witherow, Narelle Warren, David Castle, Andrea Phillipou, Jennifer Beveridge, Zoe Jenkins, Richard Newton and Leah Brennan

The Portuguese version of the body investment scale: psychometric properties and relationships with disordered eating and emotion dysregulation

This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Body Investment Scale (BIS) in a nonclinical sample of students and a clinical sample of outpatients with eating disorde...

Authors: Ana Isabel Vieira, Joana Fernandes, Paulo P. P. Machado and Sónia Gonçalves

Extreme anorexia nervosa: medical findings, outcomes, and inferences from a retrospective cohort

Extreme anorexia nervosa (AN) is defined as a BMI < 15 kg/m² in those meeting DSM-V diagnostic criteria for AN. This study seeks to define the frequency of medical complications in this group of patients in order...

Authors: Dennis Gibson, Ashlie Watters, Jeana Cost, Margherita Mascolo and Philip S. Mehler

Differences in alexithymia, emotional awareness, and facial emotion recognition under conditions of self-focused attention among women with high and low eating disorder symptoms: a 2 x 2 experimental study

Women with eating disorders generally perform more poorly on measures of alexithymia, defined as difficulty identifying and describing emotions, and theory of mind, or the ability to infer what others are thin...

Authors: Jillon S. Vander Wal, Alicia A. Kauffman and Zachary A. Soulliard

Dialectical behavior therapy adapted for binge eating compared to cognitive behavior therapy in obese adults with binge eating disorder: a controlled study

Current guidelines recommend cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) as the treatment of choice for binge eating disorder (BED). Although CBT is quite effective, a substantial number of patients do not reach abstinen...

Authors: Mirjam W. Lammers, Maartje S. Vroling, Ross D. Crosby and Tatjana van Strien

Body dissatisfaction, addiction to exercise and risk behaviour for eating disorders among exercise practitioners

This study investigated the association between body dissatisfaction (BD), addiction to exercise and risk behaviors to eating disorders (EDs) among Brazilian exercise practitioners, besides comparing the varia...

Authors: Gabriel Lucas Morais Freire, Josy Rawane da Silva Paulo, Adson Alves da Silva, Roseana Pacheco Reis Batista, Juliana Fonseca Nogueira Alves and José Roberto Andrade do Nascimento Junior

A theoretical review of interpersonal emotion regulation in eating disorders: enhancing knowledge by bridging interpersonal and affective dysfunction

Individuals with eating disorders (EDs) frequently report interpersonal and affective dysfunction. A useful lens for uniting these ideas is through the framework of interpersonal emotion regulation (IER), whic...

Authors: Kara A. Christensen and Ann F. Haynos

Physical restraint during inpatient treatment of adolescent anorexia nervosa: frequency, clinical correlates, and associations with outcome at five-year follow-up

Studies of the use and effects of physical restraint in anorexia nervosa (AN) treatment are lacking. The purpose of this study was to describe the frequency of physical restraint in a specialized program for a...

Authors: Thomas Blikshavn, Inger Halvorsen and Øyvind Rø

COVID19, the pandemic which may exemplify a need for harm-reduction approaches to eating disorders: a reflection from a person living with an eating disorder

This reflective piece, written by a woman with an eating disorder aims to identify the impact of COVID-19 on persons living with eating disorders and provide a social justice approach as a resolution. The auth...

Authors: Margaret Janse van Rensburg

Re-inhabiting one’s body: A pilot study on the effects of dance movement therapy on body image and alexithymia in eating disorders

Body image disturbance and alexithymia are two core aspects of Eating Disorders (EDs). However, standard treatments for EDs do not include specific techniques to approach these issues on a bodily level. This p...

Authors: Maria Savidaki, Sezin Demirtoka and Rosa-María Rodríguez-Jiménez

External support and personal agency - young persons’ reports on recovery after family-based inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa: a qualitative descriptive study

Recommended treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa (AN) is usually family-based and an overarching treatment aim is to empower the parents to manage the difficult meals and aid their child toward recovery. ...

Authors: Jan-Vegard Nilsen, Trine Wiig Hage, Øyvind Rø, Inger Halvorsen and Hanne Weie Oddli

Development of the Modified Yale Food Addiction Scale Version 2.0 summary version in a representative sample of Czech population

Food addiction receives attention because of its participation in the rising obesity prevalence that affects the quality of life. The Czech Republic’s prevalence of obesity belongs to the highest in Europe.

Authors: Helena Pipová, Natália Kaščáková, Jana Fürstová and Peter Tavel

Self-directed behaviors differentially explain associations between emotion dysregulation and eating disorder psychopathology in patients with or without objective binge-eating

Emotion dysregulation and negative self-directed behaviors are key characteristics of eating disorders (EDs), but their interaction in relation to ED psychopathology is insufficiently explored, and empirically...

Authors: Elin Monell, David Clinton and Andreas Birgegård

Orthorexic tendencies are linked with difficulties with emotion identification and regulation

Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is characterised by an unhealthy obsession with healthy eating and while it is not recognised as an eating disorder (or any disorder), current research is exploring similarities and dif...

Authors: L. Vuillier, S. Robertson and M. Greville-Harris

Eating disorders in the time of COVID-19

Authors: Stephen Touyz, Hubert Lacey and Phillipa Hay

ERP and oscillatory differences in overweight/obese and normal-weight adolescents in response to food stimuli

Findings are mixed regarding the association of electroencephalographic (EEG) attentional bias measures and body weight, with few studies measuring food craving or intake and no study reporting oscillatory mea...

Authors: Stefanie C. Biehl, Julian Keil, Eva Naumann and Jennifer Svaldi

Emotion regulation group skills training: a pilot study of an add-on treatment for eating disorders in a clinical setting

Emotion regulation difficulties appear to play a role in the development and maintenance of several eating disorders. This pilot study aimed at examining whether a short add-on group skills training in emotion...

Authors: Kristina Holmqvist Larsson, Anna Lowén, Linda Hellerstedt, Linn Bergcrona, Mimmi Salerud and Maria Zetterqvist

Comparison of women with high vs. low food addiction tendency: a pilot study with voxel-based morphometry

The concept of ‘food addiction’ (FA) posits that highly processed food with added fat and/or refined carbohydrates is capable of triggering addictive-like eating behavior. FA may be one possible phenotype in o...

Authors: Anne Schienle, Isabella Unger and Albert Wabnegger

Eating disorders in Australia: a commentary on the need to address stigma

This commentary justifies the need for the Australian government to address stigma and shame in its effort to increase help-seeking by individuals with eating disorders from the intersectional perspective of a...

Authors: Rachel Baffsky

Prevalence, features and health impacts of eating disorders amongst First-Australian Yiramarang (adolescents) and in comparison with other Australian adolescents

This study aimed to support previous research conducted with First-Australians (FA) by establishing the prevalence of eating disorders, and their demographic distribution and burden in adolescent First-Austral...

Authors: Adam Burt, Deborah Mitchison, Elizabeth Dale, Kay Bussey, Nora Trompeter, Alexandra Lonergan and Phillipa Hay

Establishment of a multifamily therapy (MFT) service for young adults with a severe eating disorder – experience from 11 MFT groups, and from designing and implementing the model

Eating disorders are serious illnesses leading to a substantially lowered quality of life not only for the patient but also for their family. They are difficult to treat, and many patients fail to complete the...

Authors: Tove Skarbø and Steven M. Balmbra

Responses of fitness center employees to cases of suspected eating disorders or excessive exercise

While exercise and physical activity are important parts of a healthy life, there is evidence that some individuals exercise to a degree which may jeopardize their health. These individuals may in some cases b...

Authors: Flora Colledge, Robyn Cody, Uwe Pühse and Markus Gerber

Diabetes and disordered eating behaviours in a community-based sample of Australian adolescents

People with diabetes have been shown to be at risk for disordered eating compared to their non-diabetic peers. However, the majority of studies have been conducted in relatively small samples drawn from clinic...

Authors: Kirrilly M. Pursey, Phillipa Hay, Kay Bussey, Nora Trompeter, Alexandra Lonergan, Kathleen M. Pike, Jonathon Mond and Deborah Mitchison

Diet and behavioral habits related to oral health in eating disorder patients: a matched case-control study

Patients suffering from eating disorders (ED) have a substantially increased risk for developing poor oral health. In this regard, dietary habits in combination with obsessive behavior as well as the expressio...

Authors: Ann-Katrin Johansson, Claes Norring, Lennart Unell and Anders Johansson

Correction to: Dimensions within 24 weight history indices and their association with inpatient treatment outcome in adults with anorexia nervosa: analysis of routine data

In the publication of this article [1], there is an error with an abbreviation.

Authors: Johannes Baltasar Hessler, Sandra Schlegl, Martin Greetfeld and Ulrich Voderholzer

“It also taught me a lot about myself”: A qualitative exploration of how men understand eating disorder recovery

Eating Disorders (ED) are relatively common in the general population. However, perceived as “female disorders”, EDs in men are often overlooked. Although recovery is often seen as the ideal end goal of ED, th...

Authors: Ranidu S. Lewke-Bandara, Priyanka Thapliyal, Janet Conti and Phillipa Hay

Canadian practice guidelines for the treatment of children and adolescents with eating disorders

Eating disorders are common and serious conditions affecting up to 4% of the population. The mortality rate is high. Despite the seriousness and prevalence of eating disorders in children and adolescents, no C...

Authors: Jennifer Couturier, Leanna Isserlin, Mark Norris, Wendy Spettigue, Melissa Brouwers, Melissa Kimber, Gail McVey, Cheryl Webb, Sheri Findlay, Neera Bhatnagar, Natasha Snelgrove, Amanda Ritsma, Wendy Preskow, Catherine Miller, Jennifer Coelho, Ahmed Boachie…

Treating binge eating and food addiction symptoms with low-carbohydrate Ketogenic diets: a case series

Many patients with obesity and comorbid binge eating symptoms present with the desire to lose weight. Although some studies suggest that dietary restriction can exacerbate binge eating, others show dietary res...

Authors: Matthew Carmen, Debra Lynn Safer, Laura R. Saslow, Tro Kalayjian, Ashley E. Mason, Eric C. Westman and Shebani Sethi Dalai

Food related attention bias modification training for anorexia nervosa and its potential underpinning mechanisms

Treatment outcomes in anorexia nervosa (AN) remain suboptimal, evidencing the need for better and more targeted treatments. Whilst the aetiology of AN is complex, cognitive processes such as attention bias (AB...

Authors: Daniela Mercado, Ulrike Schmidt, Owen G. O’Daly, Iain C. Campbell and Jessica Werthmann

Drive for muscularity behaviors in male bodybuilders: a trans-contextual model of motivation

The drive for muscularity behaviors are very common in male athletes, especially in male bodybuilders. Studies have related drive for muscularity behaviors to body dissatisfaction, eating disorders and muscle ...

Authors: Lisa Chaba, Fabienne d’Arripe-Longueville, Vanessa Lentillon-Kaestner and Stéphanie Scoffier-Mériaux

A conceptual comparison of family-based treatment and enhanced cognitive behavior therapy in the treatment of adolescents with eating disorders

The aim of this paper is to give a conceptual comparison of family-based treatment (FBT), a specific form of family therapy, and enhanced cognitive behavior therapy (CBT-E) in the management of adolescents wit...

Authors: Riccardo Dalle Grave, Sarah Eckhardt, Simona Calugi and Daniel Le Grange

Abstracts from the 17th annual conference of the Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED 2019)

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Self-objectification and eating disorder pathology in an ethnically diverse sample of adult women: cross-sectional and short-term longitudinal associations

Extensive support exists for objectification theory’s original aim of explaining patterns of women’s mental health risk through a sociocultural lens. One pathway in objectification theory proposes a mediationa...

Authors: Lisa Smith Kilpela, Rachel Calogero, Salomé A. Wilfred, Christina L. Verzijl, Willie J. Hale and Carolyn Black Becker