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

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Image of brain on how to change the Eating Disorder Cycle 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, etc. However, the amount of information I’m getting about how their brain works, and therefore, which medicines might work, is pretty minimal. Genetic information also [...]
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Practical Neurobiology for Clinicians: Eating Disorder Diagnoses & Neurology – Part II

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Neurons setting off the danger warning due to health anxiety 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 large grey area. For example, an individual may have relatively low weight without an eating disorder, as there can be other explanations for this. Research Domain [...]
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Practical Neurobiology for Clinicians: Eating Disorder Diagnoses & Neurology – Part I

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Image of brain the neurobiology of Eating Disorder Diagnoses 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 inpatient and outpatient. I am FBT trained and run a residential program. I also do research, so, I have experience with eating disorders from all angles. I [...]
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A Systematic Review of the Genetics and Epigenetics in Eating Disorders

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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 progressed genomic discovery in anorexia nervosa have built a solid foundation for future research. In light of the existing body of evidence on genetic and [...]
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Yoga Therapy: A Healing Modality for Eating Disorder Recovery

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Getting active can help with binge eating disorder and COVID isolation Yoga therapy is a holistic healing modality that applies Yoga practices and philosophies to balance health. As an individualized approach, the client’s goals are the focus of each session. Common goals for individuals seeking yoga therapy include but are no means limited to lifestyle changes, health, stress, pain, emotional distress, and mental health. In traditional [...]
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Eating Disorder Prevalence: Is it Higher in the Transgender Community?

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Eating Disorders in Transgender Community picture of mountains and a lake 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 study explored the prevalence rates of eating disorders across diverse gender identity groups in a transgender population. Transgenders and the body image issues Transgender is [...]
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Expressing Disorder: Journey to Recovery

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Expressing Disorder- Journey to Recovery Image “Expressing Disorder: Journey to Recovery” was once but a vision for filmmaker David Alvarado, who sought to instill hope for sufferers of eating disorders and their loved ones. Following this vision, he brought to life a unique and touching documentary that features eating disorder recovery stories utilizing two creative arts therapies Dance/Movement Therapy and Drama [...]
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Gender Issues Related to Eating Disorders

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Woman compiling notes on Gender Issues As our society begins to explore further, and better understand, the spectrum of gender identity, we also begin to understand better how the gender issues impact an individual’s experience of the world and others around them. In relation to eating disorders, much research has been focused on how the gender identities of “male” and “female” [...]
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Eating Disorder Relapse: It is Okay to Seek Relapse Support

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Woman concerned about eating disorder Relapse Support Contributed by Canopy Cove The journey to full recovery from an eating disorder is a tumultuous, yet completely possible one. When entering eating disorder recovery, one often thinks that it is a step-by-step linear progression and there will not be a need for eating disorder relapse support. The inner dialogue often resembles something like, “If [...]
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Eating Disorder Relapse: Five Steps to Regroup and Resume Recovery

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Girl fighting Eating Disorder Relapse Contributed by Canopy Cove Relapse is treated as a “dirty word” in recovery circles, leading to the stigma that an individual that has an eating disorder relapse has failed in some way. This is utterly untrue. Relapse rates are quite high in eating disorders, with anywhere between 22 to 63% of individuals struggling experience a relapse [...]
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