Eating Disorder Articles
Extensive library of free articles on eating disorders, anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating, binge eating disorder and the many co-occuring issues and challenges.
List of Article Topics
Anorexia
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Anorexia page for more information and resources!
NewYork-Presbyterian/Westchester to Undertake Groundbreaking Study of Anorexia (opens in new window)
Treatment of Anorexia
Jeanne Rust, PhD
Anxiety
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Anxiety page for more information and resources!
Anxiety Disorders: What Parents Should Know
Remuda Ranch Program for Eating & Anxiety Disorders
The Importance Of Addressing OCD And Other Anxiety Disorders Symptoms In The Treatment Of Eating Disorders
By Theodore E. Weltzin, MD ~ Medical Director of Eating Disorder Services at Rogers Memorial Hospital
Bariatric Surgery & Lapband
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Bariatric Surgery and Lapband page for more information and resources!
Weight Loss Surgery: A Magic Bullet? A Realistic Look At The Medical And Psychological Risks
Sharon K. Farber, PhD
Why is it required to have a psychological evaluation prior to weight-loss surgery?
By David Engstrom, PhD, ABPP
Pregnancy after Weight-Loss Surgery
By John G. Kral, MD, PhD, FACS
Food Addiction and the Weight-loss Surgery Patient
By Katie Jay, MSW
Weight-Loss Surgery Treatment Options
By Robin Blackstone, MD, FACS, Melissa Davis, RN MSN, APRN,BC, NP-C, CNS
Lloyd Stegemann, MD and Debra Salvatore, RN, BS, CNOR, CFN
Binge Eating Disorder/Compulsive Overeating
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Binge Eating Disorder/Compulsive Overeating page for more information and resources!
Disordered Eating of Another Kind
Kimberly Dennis, M.D. @ Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center
Binge Eating Disorder Medical Complications
Remuda Ranch
Secrets of the 2% Who Succeed
Gregory Jantz, PhD @ A Place of Hope
The Psychology of Overeating
Dr. Sandra Smit
Body Image
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Body Image page for more information and resources!
Body Image a Concern for Students of All Ages
Kimberly Dennis, M.D. @ Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center
Turn Beauty Inside Out
Stephanie Brooks, MS, RD @ Bay Area Nutrition
Body Checking and Eating Disorders
Debra Cooper @ Remuda Ranch Programs for Eating and Anxiety Disorders
Challenging Body Distortions Through the Eyes of the Body
Susan Kleinman, MA, ADTR, NCC
Battling Our Bodies: Understanding and Overcoming Negative Body Images
Nicole Hawkins, PhD : Center For Change
Bulimia
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Bulimia page for more information and resources!
Treatment of Bulimia
Jeanne Rust, PhD
Childhood & Adolescent eating Disorders
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Childhood & Adolescents page for more information and resources!
Healing at the Heart: Healing environment gets to the heart of pediatric eating disorders
Tracey Cornella-Carlson, MD
New Program Aims to Help Children and Adolescents Recover from Eating Disorders
Eating Disorder Services at Rogers Memorial Hospital
Treating children with eating disorders
Julie Lesser, MD
Childhood Obesity and Stigma
By Rebecca Puhl, PhD
Fostering Healthy Body Image And Weight In Your Pre-Teen Or Teen
Wendy Oliver-Pyatt, MD
Parental Influence Takes Precedence Over Barbie and the Media
Abigail Natenshon
What Parents Can Do to Help Their Girls Love Their Bodies - Part One
Abigail Natenshon
What Parents Can Do to Help Their Girls Love Their Bodies - Part Two
Abigail Natenshon
When Very Young Kids Have Eating Disorders
Abigail Natenshon
What Parents Need to Know
Abigail Natenshon
Mom, Am I Fat?
Abigail Natenshon
"Innocent" Parental Messages to Young Children May be Harmful
Abigail Natenshon
From Obesity to Anorexia - Recapturing the lost art of Healthy Eating offers - Simple Solutions to Complex Questions
Abigail Natenshon
Empowering Statements
Abigail Natenshon
Body Image Concerns in Kids
Abigail Natenshon
Mom, Am I Fat? (opens in new window)
Abigail Natenshon
The Parent Connection in Eating Disorders Recovery: Squeaking the Recovery Wheel Part One (opens in new window)
Abigail Natenshon
Promotion of Healthy Weight
HELPING WITHOUT HARMING
Kathy J. Kater, LICSW
Compulsive Spending
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Compulsive Spending page for more information and resources!
The Shopping and Food Connection: An Examination of Hunger Diseases
Angela Wurtzel, , MA, MFT, CEDS
Culture/International
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our International Eating Disorders Section of the site for more information and resources!
Multicultural Issues and Eating Disorders
Jacquelyn Ekern of www.eatingdisorderhope.com
Pro Ana versus Pro Recovery Sites: Choosing Hope Over Despair
Jacquelyn Ekern, MS, LPC of www.eatingdisorderhope.com
Diabetes
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Diabetes page for more information and resources!
I Don't Want To Change My Life! Diabetes and You
Fran Weiss, LCSW-R, BCD, DCSW, CGP
Diabetes and Eating Disorders: Double the Complications
Marcia Meier, BAN, RN, CDE
Exercise and Athletes
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Exercise page for more information and resources!
Athletes and Eating Disorders
Rader Program
Excessive Exercise
Theodore E. Weltzin, MD Medical director of Eating Disorder Services at Rogers Memorial Hospital
Experience and Strength with Eating Disorder Recovery in Female Athletes
By Kimberly Dennis, MD
A fish out of water: exercise, poor nutrition and eating disorders
Lois Neaton, PT
Intuitive Exercise
Nancy Hieber, RD and Michael E. Berrett, PhD : Center For Change
Family & Friends
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Friends & Family page for more information and resources!
Helping A Friend Could Save a Life
Kimberly Dennis, M.D. @ Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center
Family-based Treatment of Adolescent
Anorexia Nervosa: The Maudsley Approach
by: Daniel Le Grange, PhD and James Lock, MD, Ph.D..
Your Teen And Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Chris Haltom, Ph.D.
Tips For Parents With Eating Disorders
Abigail Natenshon
Anorexia and Bulimia - How Family & Friends Can Help
Center for Change
Dilemmas for Parenting Amid the Social Pressures of Eating Disorders
Kip Rasmussen, PhD : Center For Change
Social Support: The Cradle in Which Growth and Recovery Take Place
Michael E. Berrett, PhD : Center For Change
Feelings
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Feelings page for more information and resources!
The Importance of Emotional Expression
Erin Elfant-Rea, Ph.D.
Feelings Matter
Help a Friend
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Friends & Family page for more information and resources!
When You Look At Me...
Laurie Glass
Tips for Talking to a Friend Who May Be Struggling with an Eating Disorder
National Eating Disorders Association
Holidays / Special Events
Thriving During the Holidays
Tera Lensegrav-Benson, Ph.D.
Seasonal Blues - The Warmer Side of It
Kimberly Dennis, M.D. @ Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center
Inspirational
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Women of Substance page for more inspirational stories of recovery!
Power of Interruption: Do the next right thing
Jenni Schaefer
Hope: Believing in yourself and letting go
Jenni Schaefer
Intuitive Eating
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Nutrition page for more information and resources!
Using The Non-Diet Approach For Treating Binge Eating Disorder(BED)
Robyn Goldberg, RD
What is Normal Eating?
Jeanne Rust, PhD
Learning to Listen to Your Body
Abigail Natenshon
Dieting is Out, Listening to Our Bodies Is In
Alice Covey, RD, CD : Center For Change
If Not Dieting, Then What? (opens in new window)
Dr Rick Kausman
Boundary Invasion as Cause of Eating Disorders
Male Eating Disorders
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Males page for more information and resources!
It's a disease, and a disease has no gender, it picks on men and women alike
Rader Program
A Silent Problem
Theodore E. Weltzin, MD Medical director of Eating Disorder Services at Rogers Memorial Hospital
Boys, Body Image and Eating Disorders
Cris Haltom, Ph.D.
Media and Fashion Industry
Media and Eating Disorders
Rader Programs
Media Messages: Why Do We Keep Buying Them?
Michelle Morand
Academy for Eating Disorders Guidelines for the Fashion Industry
Academy for Eating Disorders
Dying to Fit In, Literally! Learning to Love our Bodies and Ourselves
Christine Hartline of EdReferral.com
Midlife Eating Disorders
Study Shows Mid-Life Crisis Does Not Lead to Eating DIsorders
Eating Disorder Center of Denver
Mentoring
The Efficacy of Adding a Mentor to the Integrated Eating Disorders Treatment Team
Shannon Cutts of www.key-to-life.com
I Found A Mentor: Now What? 7 Steps to Building a Quality Mentoring Partnership
Shannon Cutts of www.key-to-life.com
Mentoring as an Essential Component of Recovery
Shannon Cutts of www.key-to-life.com
Nutrition
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Nutrition page for more information and resources!
Facing Food Fears
Lisa Licavoli, RD,CCN
The Non-Diet Approach to Health and Weight Management
Stephanie Brooks, MS, RD
An Argument for Recovery
Lynne Martin, RD
Becoming Vegetarian? Be Sure to Become a "Smart" One
Abigail Natenshon
Find a nutritionist (opens in new window)
American Dietetic Association
Dr. Gregory L. Jantz Answers Your Questions
Executive Director The Center for Counseling & Health Resources, Inc. A Place of Hope
Physical/Biological Issues
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Health page for more information and resources!
Is an Eating Disorder Hereditary? Biological Theories and the Development of an Eating Disorder
Jeanne Rust, PhD
Reflections on the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Adair Look, MD
Laxative Abuse
Rader Programs
IPECAC Abuse
Rader Programs
Diabetes And Eating Disorders
Rader Programs
What are Eating Disorders?
Rader Programs
Diabetes and Eating Disorders: Double the Complications
Marcia Meier, BAN, RN, CDE
Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
By Joanne Z. Rogers, MSN, RN, CNSN, APRN, BC-AD, and Christopher D. Still, DO, FACN, FACP
How Obesity Affects Arthritis
By Leni Ellen Kramer, MD, FACR
Eating Disorders are Biologically Based Mental Illnesses
Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)
News about Menstrual Irregularity and Eating Disorders
Cris Haltom, PhD
Hair Analysis May Help Detect Eating Disorders (opens in new window)
Pregnancy
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Pregnancy page for more information and resources!
Pregorexia
Remuda Ranch
Professionals
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Eating Disorder Professionals section of the site for more information and resources!
Making the Most of Your Whole Self: Being an Embodied Therapist
Susan Kleinman, MA, ADTR, NCC
The Feldenkrais Method as it relates to the Emotional Self
Abigail Natenshon MA, LCSW, GCFP
Finding the Needle in the Haystack of Eating Disorder Care-Providers
Abigail Natenshon MA, LCSW, GCFP
Team Up for Teens: Guidelines for Treating Adolescents with Eating Disorders
Michael E. Berrett, Ph.D. : Center For Change
Tip Sheet: Eating Disorders (ED) in Primary Care
Richard E. Kreipe, MD
Increasing Structure in Outpatient Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia
Michael E. Berrett, Ph.D., Julie B. Clark-Sly, Ph.D. and Randy K. Hardman, Ph.D. : Center For Change
Group psychotherapy with Obese Disordered-Eating Adults with Body Image Disturbances: An Integrated Model (opens in new window)
Fran Weiss, LCSW-R, BCD, DCSW, CGP. American Journal of Psychotherapy, (2004).
Ecstatic Stigmatics and Holy Anorexics: Medieval and Contemporary (opens in new window)
Sharon Klayman Farber, PhD, BCD
Self-Medication, Traumatic Reenactment, And Somatic Expression In Bulimic And Self-Mutilating Behavior (opens in new window)
Sharon Klayman Farber, Ph.D., B.C.D.
Integrating body self and psychological self: Creating a New Story in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (opens in new window)
David Krueger, MD
WRITING A NEW STORY
Contributions to Recovery from Professional Coaching
David Krueger MD MentorPath.com
Psychological Issues
Attachment, Trauma and Eating Disorders
Mark Schwartz, Sc.D., Castlewood Treatment Center for Eating Disorders
Anxiety Disorder Treatment
Remuda Ranch
Anxiety Disorders
Remuda Ranch
Anxiety Disorders - Warning Signs and Causality
Remuda Ranch
Anxiety Disorders - What Parents Should Know
Remuda Ranch
Anxiety Disorders in Children
Remuda Ranch
Exposure With Response Therapy
Remuda Ranch
Self Harm
Rader Programs
Teen Anxiety
Remuda Ranch
Recovery Skills
Self Soothing Skills: An Essential Tool of Eating Disorder Treatment
Jacquelyn Ekern, MS, LPC
Eating Disorder Recovery and Overcoming Negative Thoughts
Jacquelyn Ekern, MS, LPC
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Sexual Trauma
Using Creative Strategies to Reach Sexually Traumatized Clients Who Engage in Eating Disorders
Melissa K. Taylor, MS, LMFT
Statistics
Prevalence and Outcome of Eating Disorders
Rader Progams
Eating Disorder Statistics
Jeanne Rust, PhD
Stress
Effective Coping Skills in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Jeanne Rust, PhD
Treatment
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Eating Disorder Specialist Library for more information and resources!
Top 10 Tips for Eating Disorder Recovery: Building an Effective Eating Disorder Treatment Plan
Jacquelyn Ekern, MS, LPC, Director of Eating Disorder Hope
The Importance of Addressing OCD and Other Anxiety Disorders Symptoms in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Theodore E. Weltzin, MD; Nicolette Weisensel, MD; Tracey Cornella-Carlson, MD; Bradley C. Riemann, PhD; and Pamela Bean, PhD.
The Eating Disorder Treatment Team
Abigail Natenshon
Efficacy of Equine Therapy: Mounting Evidence
Edward J. Cumella Ph.D. and Sharon Simpson, Remuda Ranch Programs for Eating Disorders
Types of Treatment
Jeanne Rust, PhD
Choosing An Eating Disorder Treatment Clinic
Jeanne Rust, PhD
Weight Management
Don't Eat After 7 and Six Other Weight Management Myths
Michelle May, M.D.
What are Eating Disorders
**In addition to the articles listed here, visit our Anorexia, Bulimia and Binge Eating Disorder/Compulsive Overeating pages for more information and resources!
Signs & Symptoms of Eating Disorders
Rader Programs
What Are Eating Disorders
Jeanne Rust @ Mirasol
Eating disorders don't just affect teens
Nan Brown, MA, LP
Eating Disorders: A Weighty Concern Physically, Emotionally
Joel Jahraus, MD
Eating Disorders - Do You Have One
Laurie Glass