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Source: Ümit Bulut/Unsplash Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most commonly recommended course of treatment for eating disorders—so much so that CBT has its own enhanced version specific to the treatment of eating disorders called CBT-E. However, CBT-E’s approach was created from the assumption that the person undergoing treatment was neurotypical, or not displaying any signs of neurodivergence. There is a great deal of research beginning to explore the link between neurodivergence and eating disorders. A key piece in assisting neurodivergent individuals with their mental health recovery is building understanding, validation, and care surrounding their unique differences. However, CBT-E’s techniques…
In a recent study published in the journal eClinical Medicine, researchers in the United States reported findings of qualitative research that they pursued to understand the perceived impact of weight stigma and weight-neutral care among women receiving treatment for binge eating disorder (BED) with type 2 diabetes. BED is the most common eating disorder in the United States (US). Study: Women’s perceptions of weight stigma and experiences of weight-neutral treatment for binge eating disorder: A qualitative study. Image Credit: New Africa / Shutterstock Background Weight-based discrimination or bias due to higher weight, which includes negative attitudes, beliefs, and judgments, adversely affects the…
The comments started the day I became engaged in December 2018: “You’re going to be such a beautiful bride.” “I can’t wait to see you in your dress.” “Everything is going to be perfect.”Before my fiancé and I even booked our wedding date, originally April 25, 2020, or saved a color scheme on Pinterest, I felt an intensifying pressure to live up to the high expectations that I thought my friends and family already had for my wedding day. I was determined to meet those expectations.But the innocent, wedding-driven diet that commenced shortly after my engagement ultimately spiraled into a…
Look up the phrase “emotional eating” and dozens of articles telling you how to stop doing it will appear. Emotional eating – defined as eating in response to a negative emotion – is seen as synonymous with unhealthy eating. But Pixie Turner, nutrition counsellor, psychotherapist, and author of a book, Food Therapy, believes that the idea of emotional eating has been much maligned and misunderstood. In her experience, it’s too simplistic to say that eating because of our feelings is an issue in itself. “To be an emotional eater is to be human,” she says. “Eating in a purely functional…
Intermittent fasting—the practice of limiting eating to certain hours of the day—may be associated with eating disorder behaviors in adolescents and young adults, a study in Eating Behaviors has found.Medical professionals should screen for intermittent fasting, says Kyle Ganson, Ph.D., M.S.W.University of Toronto“Public attention on intermittent fasting is only going to keep growing, so we need to continue to research the dietary practice holistically, not just how it may be beneficial, but also how it may be problematic,” lead author Kyle Ganson Ph.D., M.S.W., told Psychiatric News. He is an assistant professor at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at…
Intermittent fasting—the practice of limiting eating to certain hours of the day—may be associated with eating disorder behaviors in adolescents and young adults, a study in Eating Behaviors has found.Medical professionals should screen for intermittent fasting, says Kyle Ganson, Ph.D., M.S.W.“Public attention on intermittent fasting is only going to keep growing, so we need to continue to research the dietary practice holistically, not just how it may be beneficial, but also how it may be problematic,” lead author Kyle Ganson Ph.D., M.S.W., told Psychiatric News. He is an assistant professor at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University…
CLAY — On a recent weekday, Sarah Williams was doing what she does most Tuesday mornings: waiting for a weekly delivery of produce, meat and dairy products for her mom-and-pop grocery store, Small Town Market. “You know it’s Tuesday, but you never really know what time,” Williams said, looking past the empty wooden tables in her storefront. “It’s kind of a struggle to get things in here.” Williams and her husband, BJ, expected to face some challenges when they started Small Town Market just as the first wave of pandemic closures hit West Virginia in 2020. But they knew Clay…
Trivia time: imagine you are on a popular game show—you know, the one with the catchy theme song we can’t name due to copyright issues. The category “Psychiatric Disorders” comes up and you start to feel pretty confident you’ll get this one right. Suddenly, the clue is revealed: “This disorder has one of the highest mortality rates in all of psychiatry, with 12 times higher death rates in 15- to 24-year olds than any other cause.”The theme show music starts as you rack your brain for the name of the disorder. The most deadly? By 12 times more? Your mind…
Trivia time: imagine you are on a popular game show—you know, the one with the catchy theme song we can’t name due to copyright issues. The category “Psychiatric Disorders” comes up and you start to feel pretty confident you’ll get this one right. Suddenly, the clue is revealed: “This disorder has one of the highest mortality rates in all of psychiatry, with 12 times higher death rates in 15- to 24-year olds than any other cause.”The theme show music starts as you rack your brain for the name of the disorder. The most deadly? By 12 times more? Your mind…
People from all walks of life experience behavioral health disorders. But in some populations, these disorders are much more widespread. Even worse, finding help to treat a disorder is hard to come by. For instance, African Americans are disproportionately more likely to experience mental health issues and social stigma than other Americans. According to SAMHSA’s 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 16% (4.8 million) of Black and African American people reported having a mental illness, and 22.4% of those (1.1 million people) reported a serious mental illness… but what about African Americans and eating disorders? Barriers to Eating…