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A review of feeding methods used in the treatment of anorexia nervosa

Clear evidence based guidelines on the best and safest method of achieving and maintaining normal body weight during inpatient treatment of Anorexia Nervosa (AN) are currently not available. Oral feeding with ...

Authors: Susan Hart, Richard C Franklin, Janice Russell and Suzanne Abraham

Book review: a clinician’s guide to binge eating disorder - edited by June Alexander, Andrea B. Goldschmidt & Daniel Le Grange

Authors: Brooke Adam

Early childhood precursors for eating problems in adolescence: a 15-year longitudinal community study

This longitudinal community study investigated the role of individual risk factors in early childhood (before age five) for the development of eating problems in adolescence. Nine hundred twenty-one mothers co...

Authors: Gertrud Sofie Hafstad, Tilmann von Soest and Leila Torgersen

A preliminary study of motivational interviewing as a prelude to intensive treatment for an eating disorder

Engaging patients with an eating disorder in change is difficult and intensive treatment programs have high drop-out rates. The purpose of the study was to determine whether Motivational Interviewing (MI) in t...

Authors: Carmen V Weiss, Jennifer S Mills, Henny A Westra and Jacqueline C Carter

Classification of bulimic-type eating disorders: from DSM-IV to DSM-5

Proposed changes to the classification of bulimic-type eating disorders in the lead up to the publication of DSM-5 are reviewed. Several of the proposed changes, including according formal diagnostic status to...

Authors: Jonathan M Mond

Eating disorder symptom trajectories in adolescence: effects of time, participant sex, and early adolescent depressive symptoms

Adolescence is a period of developmental risk for eating disorders and eating disorder symptoms. This study aimed to describe the prevalence and trajectory of five core eating disorder behaviours (binge eating...

Authors: Karina L Allen, Ross D Crosby, Wendy H Oddy and Susan M Byrne

Clinical characteristics and distinctiveness of DSM-5 eating disorder diagnoses: findings from a large naturalistic clinical database

DSM-IV eating disorder (ED) diagnoses have been criticized for lack of clinical utility, diagnostic instability, and over-inclusiveness of the residual category “ED not otherwise specified” (EDNOS). Revisions ...

Authors: Kerstin Ekeroth, David Clinton, Claes Norring and Andreas Birgegård

The HOPE (Helping to Outline Paediatric Eating Disorders) Project: development and debut of a paediatric clinical eating disorder registry

The HOPE (Helping to Outline Paediatric Eating Disorders) Project is an ongoing registry study made up of a sequential cross-sectional sample prospectively recruited over 17 years, and is designed to answer em...

Authors: Hunna J Watson, Julie McCormack, Kimberley J Hoiles, David Forbes and Julie Potts

Assessment of anorexia nervosa: an overview of universal issues and contextual challenges

Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is a complex and clinically challenging syndrome. Intended for specialist audiences, this narrative review aims to summarise the available literature related to assessment in the adult pa...

Authors: Lois J Surgenor and Sarah Maguire

The validation of the malay version of binge eating scale: a comparison with the structured clinical interview for the DSM-IV

The Binge Eating Scale (BES) questionnaire is a self-administered instrument developed to identify binge eaters. The aim of this study was to assess the validity of the Malay language version of BES as a scree...

Authors: Sarah Anne Robert, Abdul Ghani Rohana, Zainudin Suehazlyn, Thambu Maniam, Shah Shamsul Azhar and Kamaruddin Nor Azmi

Psychotropic drug prescribing in an Australian specialist child and adolescent eating disorder service: a retrospective study

To describe the rates, indications, and adverse effects of psychotropic drug prescription in a specialist tertiary hospital child and adolescent eating disorder service.

Authors: Julia K Moore, Hunna J Watson, Emily Harper, Julie McCormack and Thinh Nguyen

An investigation of objective and subjective types of binge eating episodes in a clinical sample of people with co-morbid obesity

Objective binge eating episodes (OBEs) refer to binge eating on an unusually large amount of food and are the core symptom in current definitions of bulimia nervosa (BN) and binge eating disorder (BED). Subjec...

Authors: Marly Amorim Palavras, Christina Marcondes Morgan, Ferrari Maria Beatriz Borges, Angélica Medeiros Claudino and Phillipa J Hay

Rea, K. (2013): the healing dance - the life and practice of an expressive arts therapist: Springfield, ILL: Charles C. Thomas

Authors: Esme Joanna Jaaniste

Internet-based relapse prevention for anorexia nervosa: nine- month follow-up

To study the longer term effects of an internet-based CBT intervention for relapse prevention (RP) in anorexia nervosa.

Authors: Manfred Maximilian Fichter, Norbert Quadflieg and Susanne Lindner

Thinking about internal states, a qualitative investigation into metacognitions in women with eating disorders

There is a need for qualitative research to help develop case conceptualisations to guide the development of Metacognitive Therapy interventions for Eating Disorders.

Authors: Alix Vann, Esben Strodl and Erin Anderson

Alexithymia and eating disorders: a critical review of the literature

Alexithymia is characterized by difficulties identifying feelings and differentiating between feelings and bodily sensations, difficulties communicating feelings, and a concrete cognitive style focused on the ...

Authors: Matilda E Nowakowski, Traci McFarlane and Stephanie Cassin

The presence, predictive utility, and clinical significance of body dysmorphic symptoms in women with eating disorders

Both eating disorders (EDs) and body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) are disorders of body image. This study aimed to assess the presence, predictive utility, and impact of clinical features commonly associated with...

Authors: Deborah Mitchison, Rocco Crino and Phillipa Hay

The journey from opposition to recovery from eating disorders: multidisciplinary model integrating narrative counseling and motivational interviewing in traditional approaches

In the world of today’s of ever-briefer therapies and interventions, people often seem more interested in outcome than process. This paper focuses on the processes used by a multidisciplinary team in the journ...

Authors: Moria Golan

Weight-control behaviour and weight-concerns in young elite athletes – a systematic review

Weight-control behaviour is commonly observed in a wide range of elite sports, especially leanness sports, where control over body weight is crucial for high peak performance. Nonetheless, there is only a fine...

Authors: Anne Werner, Ansgar Thiel, Sven Schneider, Jochen Mayer, Katrin E Giel and Stephan Zipfel

Attitudinal and perceptual factors in body image distortion: an exploratory study in patients with anorexia nervosa

Body image disturbance is a core feature of anorexia nervosa (AN). Attitudinal and cognitive biases as well as fundamental perceptual differences have been hypothesized to play a role in this disturbance.

Authors: Amanda Waldman, Rachel Loomes, Victoria A Mountford and Kate Tchanturia

The relationship between obsessive-compulsive personality disorder traits, obsessive-compulsive disorder and excessive exercise in patients with anorexia nervosa: a systematic review

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) traits and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are commonly associated with patients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN). The aim of this review was to systematically se...

Authors: Sarah Young, Paul Rhodes, Stephen Touyz and Phillipa Hay

Disordered eating and the muscular ideal

Authors: Scott Griffiths, Stuart B Murray and Stephen Touyz

Score reliability and factor similarity of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3) among four ethnic groups

This study evaluated the score reliability and equivalence of factor structure of the Sociocultural Attitudes towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3) [1] in a sample of female college students from the four ...

Authors: Cortney S Warren, David H Gleaves and Liya M Rakhkovskaya

The cognitive-interpersonal maintenance model of anorexia nervosa revisited: a summary of the evidence for cognitive, socio-emotional and interpersonal predisposing and perpetuating factors

To describe the evidence base relating to the Cognitive-Interpersonal Maintenance Model for anorexia nervosa (AN).

Authors: Janet Treasure and Ulrike Schmidt

Resumption of menses in anorexia nervosa during a course of family-based treatment

The resumption of menses (ROM) is considered an important clinical marker in weight restoration for patients with anorexia nervosa (AN). The purpose of this study was to examine ROM in relation to expected bod...

Authors: Julianne P Faust, Andrea B Goldschmidt, Kristen E Anderson, Catherine Glunz, Melanie Brown, Katharine L Loeb, Debra K Katzman and Daniel Le Grange

Masculinity and femininity in the divergence of male body image concerns

Given recent assertions suggesting that gender role endorsement may be relevant in the divergence of male body image concerns, this study examined the self-reported gender role endorsement in opposing dimensio...

Authors: Stuart B Murray, Elizabeth Rieger, Lisa Karlov and Stephen W Touyz

Reducing self-objectification: are dissonance-based methods a possible approach?

Previous research has documented that self-objectification is associated with numerous negative outcomes including body shame, eating disorder (ED) pathology, and negative affect. This exploratory open study i...

Authors: Carolyn Black Becker, Kaitlin Hill, Rebecca Greif, Hongmei Han and Tiffany Stewart

Enhancing quality of life in people with disordered eating using an online self-help programme

Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses that have a significant effect on afflicted individuals’ quality of life. Evidence has shown that they can be improved with treatment. Internet-based interventions...

Authors: Sau F Leung, Joyce LC Ma and Janice Russell

DSM-5: problems and suggestions

The upcoming DSM5 will impact clinical work and research substantially, and we here point to a few problems that may have been overlooked. These concern inconsistencies and lack of clarity, and the future “not...

Authors: Andreas Birgegård, Gaby Groß, Joakim de Man Lapidoth and Claes Norring

A review of the psychological and familial perspectives of childhood obesity

Childhood obesity is on the rise in both industrialized and developing countries. The investigation of the psychosocial aspects of childhood obesity has been the focus of long- standing theoretical and empiric...

Authors: Yael Latzer and Daniel Stein

I’m not just fat, I’m old: has the study of body image overlooked “old talk”?

Research indicates that body dissatisfaction is correlated with and often predictive of both physical and mental health problems. “Fat talk,” a well-studied form of body image talk in adolescents and universit...

Authors: Carolyn Black Becker, Phillippa C Diedrichs, Glen Jankowski and Chelsey Werchan

Stigmatizing attitudes towards individuals with anorexia nervosa: an investigation of attribution theory

Guided by Attribution Theory, this study assessed stigmatizing attitudes towards an individual with anorexia nervosa (AN) compared to obesity and skin cancer, and examined the extent to which manipulating a ta...

Authors: Kristy Zwickert and Elizabeth Rieger

Publications on cross-cultural aspects of eating disorders

The prevalence of eating disorders in the non-Western world appears to be increasing and much research into the cross-cultural aspects of eating disorders is needed. This bibliometric study analyses the profil...

Authors: Nerissa Li-Wey Soh and Garry Walter

Health and health-related quality of life among treatment-seeking overweight and obese adults: associations with internalized weight bias

Weight bias is widespread and has numerous harmful consequences. The internalization of weight bias has been associated with significant psychological impairment. Other forms of discrimination, such as racial ...

Authors: Janet D Latner, Laura E Durso and Jonathan M Mond

The role of perfectionism in body dissatisfaction

Body dissatisfaction is a robust risk factor for disordered eating and is thought to be especially problematic in the presence of high levels of perfectionism. The aim of the current study was to investigate w...

Authors: Tracey D Wade and Marika Tiggemann

A new era of open access publishing in eating disorders

Authors: Stephen Touyz and Phillipa J Hay