Theoretical approaches, treatment preferences, and clinician bias all play a role in the ways we understand eating disorders.

“Optimizing for” something has a simple colloquial meaning of setting things up to get as much as you can of something—anything from health to happiness to salary payments in the bank at the end of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Delayed treatment for eating disorders results in worse outcomes. Establishing medical stability allows the ...

They're tired all the time. They fainted at school. Their blood pressure, body temperature or heart rate are super low.

While the concept of eating disorders has become more broadly discussed over the last few years, less is understood about the psychology behind them — namely, what is happening inside the brain of a ...

Editors’ Note: This article discusses suicide and contains details about mental health crises. If you are having thoughts of suicide, or are concerned that someone ...

Untreated eating disorders in teenagers can have long-term adverse health effects and may be fatal. Caregivers and family members can learn about eating disorders to provide emotional support and aid ...

For years, eating disorders were thought to predominantly affect women and girls. But it’s estimated that 1 in 3 people with the condition is male, and that 10 million American boys and men will ...

Ketamine and esketamine are the only psychedelics currently being used clinically with eating disorder patients. RJ Sangosti / MediaNews Group / The Denver Post via Getty Images Sarah Kelley was 14 ...

Kristina Saffran was sent to a rehabilitation facility to fight her eating disorder. After a relapse, she went back. Then she went back twice more, for a total of seven months, over her freshman year ...

A pharmacist holds a box of Novo Nordisk A/S Ozempic brand semaglutide medication arranged at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah on Nov. 27, 2023. Prescriptions of appetite suppressing GLP-1 weight-loss drugs ...