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Practical Neurobiology for Clinicians: Eating Disorder Diagnoses & Neurology – Part III

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As a child psychiatrist, I don’t often get a lot of biological information. I’ll see if someone has anorexia by how their body looks, whether or not they are malnourished, [...]
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Practical Neurobiology for Clinicians: Eating Disorder Diagnoses & Neurology – Part II

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The job that this DSM-5 provides is to help answer the question of whether or not an individual meets the criterion and may have an eating disorder. However, there is a [...]
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Practical Neurobiology for Clinicians: Eating Disorder Diagnoses & Neurology – Part I

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I am the Medical Director here at Laureate Eating Disorders Program. I’ve been here for almost 15 years now, and I really enjoy getting the ability to work with patients both [...]
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A Systematic Review of the Genetics and Epigenetics in Eating Disorders

DNA Strand for Genetics in Eating Disorders

Dr. Mark Gold’s Research You Can Use The identification of the first genome-wide significant locus, discussions surrounding epigenetic mechanism involved in linking environmental factors with disease onset and the remarkably [...]
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Eating Disorder Prevalence: Is it Higher in the Transgender Community?

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Dr. Mark Gold’s Research You Can Use Research-to-date supports the findings that transgender individuals are more likely to be diagnosed with an eating disorder than the cisgender population. A recent [...]
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Teens, Eating Disorders, and Obesity

Eating disorders are all too common among adolescents. Often we think of anorexia or bulimia as the most common types of EDs and do not frequently think of obesity as [...]
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Obesity & Bariatric Surgery: Complications of Unresolved EDs

An individual who has bariatric surgery often struggles with emotional and mental issues after the procedure. For those who have unresolved eating disorders, the concerns can be even more profound. [...]
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Eating Makes Me Happy

Woman Dealing with Depression and Eating Disorders

I Feel Good Dopamine is our reward center within our brain. It is the chemical that is released when we do something that makes us feel good. It is also [...]
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BMI in Schools – Effects of the Obesity Scare on Adolescents

The recent hyper-focus on weight and BMI (Body Mass Index) in schools has influenced many dangerous trends, including increased engagement in disordered eating, higher likelihood of participating in dangerous dieting [...]
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Volunteering and International Eating Disorder Studies

Eating disorder research is crucial in furthering the understanding of these severe psychiatric illnesses, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. Researchers and scientists across the globe are [...]
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January 21st, 2019
Practical Neurobiology for Clinicians: Eating Disorder Diagnoses & Neurology – Part II
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Practical Neurobiology for Clinicians: Eating Disorder Diagnoses & Neurology – Part I
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Understanding the Process of Research: From Hypothesis to Publication
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