Eating disorders

  • Expressed emotion varies with eating disorder diagnosis

    Unique patterns of expressed emotion characterize communication within families with children affected by eating disorders, according to new research. Researchers across the USA recruited 215 adolescents (aged 12-19 years) with eating disorders and their families, and asked them to complete the Standardized Clinical Family Interview.

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    Eating Disorders

    Eating disorders: an introduction to anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and other eating disorders. From this topic guide, you can find the latest blogs, events, publications, videos and podcasts.

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    Psychotherapies

    Psychotherapies are commonly used therapies for children and young people. They can help children and families understand and resolve problems, change their behaviour and change the way they think and feel about their experiences.

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    Defining the familiar: the birth of Avoidant or Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

    Dr Rachel Bryant-Waugh has seen many changes in the 30 years she has spent helping children and adolescents overcome their eating disorders. Among these changes was the 2013 inclusion of a new disorder in the psychiatrists’ bible – the DSM.

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    Tweens, Teens and Technology: The risks and the benefits

    Vanessa Garrity talks about the pros and cons of digital technology and social media in young people’s mental health.

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    JCPP Editorial: Volume 56, Issue 11, November 2015

    “Unravelling risks for child psychopathologies – general lessons from eating disorder research” by Barbara Maughan

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