Childhood neglect: the neglected trauma? 

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Dhea Bengardi summarises a systematic review exploring the prevalence of different types of neglect across a wide variety of mental health conditions.

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Childhood trauma and abuse: long-term outcomes for people with eating disorders

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In her debut blog, Ivana Kihas summarises a Norwegian 17-year longitudinal study examining the trajectories of eating disorder symptoms and associations with childhood maltreatment and sexual abuse.

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Do eating disorder treatment outcomes differ between transgender, gender diverse and cisgender adolescents?

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Ellie Davis highlights a retrospective cohort study that explored eating disorder treatment outcomes between transgender, gender diverse and cisgender adolescents.

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ARFID outcomes: new research suggests that avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder is a persistent and distinct eating disorder

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Georgie Parker summarises a prospective 2-year longitudinal cohort study investigating the course and predictors of outcome in avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) in young people.

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Digital self-help for bulimia recovery: encouraging results for waiting list management

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In her debut blog, Ana Julia Ferreira summarises a randomised controlled trial investigating the effectiveness of a digital self-help intervention for improving bulimic-spectrum disorder symptomatology while on a treatment waiting list.

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What psychotherapies are currently available for people with ARFID?

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In her debut blog, Ellie Davis takes a look at a recent scoping review on psychological interventions and outcomes for avoidant and restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).

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The impact of calorie labelling on menus for individuals with eating disorders

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Lucy Hyam discusses a qualitative study that explored the impact of calorie labelling on menus for individuals with current or past experience of eating disorders.

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Understanding maladaptive exercise in adolescence: who is at risk and why?

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Caroline Touzeau and Caitlin Lloyd blog about a recent longitudinal cohort study that investigated patterns of maladaptive exercise in young people, which supports “re-framing motivations for exercise in youth away from weight loss at a population level”.

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“You Don’t Look Anorexic”: unmasking weight stigma in patients with atypical anorexia nervosa

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Eleana Frisira summarises a qualitative study exploring weight stigma in individuals with lived experience of atypical anorexia nervosa.

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Gender identity and eating disorders: clinician’s perceptions of care for transgender and gender diverse patients

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Sophie Archer’s debut blog summarises a qualitative study exploring healthcare provider perspectives on barriers and facilitators to transgender and gender diverse patients accessing and receiving support for eating disorders.

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