Sarah McDonald asks: What happens after treatment? She summarises a recent systematic review of relapse, remission, and recovery in anorexia nervosa.
[read the full story...]Anorexia nervosa: relapse, remission and recovery
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Genetic correlations reveal new clues to anorexia nervosa
Marcus Munafo explores a new genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa, which reveals significant locus and metabolic genetic correlations.
[read the full story...]Prevention of eating disorders: where do we start?
Sarah McDonald is impressed by this new systematic review of universal, selective and indicated prevention for eating disorders.
[read the full story...]The stigma of eating disorders: which interventions might help?
Francesca Solmi summarises a new systematic review of stigma and eating disorders, and asks if it’s time to move beyond socio-cultural explanations of risk.
[read the full story...]Rapid response to eating disorders predicts better outcomes
Francesca Solmi writes her debut elf blog on a recent systematic review and meta-analysis of rapid response to eating disorders, which finds that early treatment of anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder is associated with moderate improvements in behavioural and cognitive outcomes.
[read the full story...]Parent-focused treatment for anorexia in adolescents: more efficient than family-based treatment says new RCT
Dave Steele summarises a recent RCT which compares Parent-Focused Treatment and Family-Based Treatment for adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa.
[read the full story...]Eating disorders: impact on health-related quality of life and healthcare costs
Gemma Shields’ debut blog about a systematic review of the health-related quality of life and economic burdens of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.
[read the full story...]Psychiatric disorders: what’s the significance of non-random mating?
Marcus Munafo considers the implications of a recent Swedish population study, which explores patterns of non-random mating within and across 11 major psychiatric disorders.
[read the full story...]Eating disorders more common in schools with more girls or more educated parents
Lucas Shelemy writes his debut Mental Elf blog about a paper by fellow Elf Helen Bould, which examines whether female student populations and higher levels of parental education are associated with changes in eating disorders prevalence.
[read the full story...]Eating disorders and suicide
David Steele considers the implications of a Swedish population registry study, which finds that people with eating disorders and their close relations are at increased risk for attempting and/or completing suicide.
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