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Body awareness, eating attitudes, and spiritual beliefs of women practicing yoga.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This research evaluated attitudes about body image and eating in women practicing postural yoga. Study 1 described scores from questionnaires on variables related to body awareness, intuitive eating, spirituality, and reasons for practicing. Scores were favorable on all measures with significant correlations (p < .01) among all main variables except between spiritual readiness and intuitive eating, and between BMI and both body awareness and spiritual readiness. Reasons for practicing did not affect scores. Study 2 evaluated interviews in a sub-sample. Qualitative data reported improvements in body satisfaction and ...
Source: Eating Disorders - June 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Dittmann KA, Freedman MR Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

A demographic and symptom descriptive study of callers to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders: linking research and advocacy.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Phone support hotlines are an invaluable service to many eating disorder sufferers and their loved ones, and can also provide important data for eating disorder research. In the present study, the demographic and symptom information of nearly 800 volunteer callers to a free national eating disorder support and referral hotline was analyzed. Findings indicate that eating disorder sufferers who are referenced through hotline resources tend to be older, come from more varied socioeconomic backgrounds, and have more atypical symptoms than what is generally described in existing sources. Results are discussed in light of fu...
Source: Eating Disorders - June 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Carney JM Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Personality and psychological factors as predictors of disordered eating among female collegiate athletes.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article examined the relationship of perfectionism, psychological well-being (self-esteem and optimism), reasons for exercising and appearance orientation to eating disorder classification among 204 female collegiate athletes. Multivariate analyses showed that only self-esteem, exercising to improve appearance and be more attractive, and appearance orientation differentiated significantly between the symptomatic/eating disordered athletes and those who were asymptomatic. No differences existed between the two groups of athletes on perfectionism, optimism, or exercising for fitness/health. For athletes, self-esteem, ap...
Source: Eating Disorders - June 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Petrie TA, Greenleaf C, Reel J, Carter J Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Serum albumin levels may not correlate with weight status in severe anorexia nervosa.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Anorexia nervosa is a difficult disease to treat effectively. Inpatient treatment in facilities with specialized expertise heightens the chance for success. Patients with the most severe degrees of anorexia nervosa are especially in need of hospitalization. Authorization from insurers can be a barrier to admitting these patients to reputable treatment facilities. Therefore, familiarity with accurate markers of disease severity is important to understand in order to effectively advocate for these patients. Albumin, a commonly used marker for nutritional status is surprisingly normal even in patients with severe anorexia...
Source: Eating Disorders - June 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Narayanan V, Gaudiani JL, Mehler PS Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Meal support therapy reduces the use of nasogastric feeding for adolescents hospitalized with anorexia nervosa.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of this study was to assess the impact of meal support therapy on the use of nasogastric feeding for adolescent patients hospitalized with Anorexia Nervosa. Charts of 21 adolescents (mean age 15.1 +/- 1.9 years) were reviewed. The incidence of nasogastric feeding was substantially reduced after the implementation of meal support therapy (67% versus 11% [p < .02]). No differences in length of stay, change in weight, or readmission rates were observed. Meal support therapy significantly reduces the use of nasogastric feeding on inpatient units treating children and adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa. PMID...
Source: Eating Disorders - June 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Couturier J, Mahmood A Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Perceived incompetence moderates the relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and disordered eating.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, we examined whether perceived incompetence moderated the relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and disordered eating. Three hundred fifteen college women completed surveys assessing eating habits and levels of perceived incompetence and perfectionism. Results supported a moderating effect of perceived incompetence such that as levels of perceived incompetence increased, the relationship between maladaptive perfectionism and disordered eating became increasingly strong. These results imply that clinicians may want to focus efforts on helping clients learn to set healthy goals and improve their percep...
Source: Eating Disorders - June 27, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Ferrier-Auerbach AG, Martens MP Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

A meditation on life, love and being a therapist: it's not what I expected.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Volumes have been written speculating how therapy expands the lives of clients. Far less is understood about the impact of doing clinical work on the therapist's own life. In the process of the therapeutic journey, not only do clients contact buried grief, but therapists too, inevitably revisit their own buried darkness, offering them ongoing opportunities for growth and renewal. PMID: 19391026 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Eating Disorders - May 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Rabinor JR Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Changes in implicit and explicit measures of ego functions and distress among two eating disorder subgroups: outcomes of integrative treatment.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The study examined changes in ego functions and mental distress among eating disorder (ED) adolescent inpatients following integrative treatment. Participants included 31 restricting anorexia nervosa and 25 bingeing/purging spectrum ED inpatients. Rorschach Comprehensive System (CS; Exner, 2003) and self-report measures were administered on admission and discharge. We found that improvement in ego functions, mental distress and ED symptomatology occurred in both ED groups at discharge. Nevertheless, the two ED subgroups exhibited different configurations of change as well as varying patterns of relations between change...
Source: Eating Disorders - May 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Rothschild L, Lacoua L, Stein D Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Differential Treatment Response for Eating Disordered Patients With and Without a Comorbid Borderline Personality Diagnosis Using a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)-Informed Approach.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Studies have reported conflicting findings regarding the impact on treatment for eating disorder patients comorbidly diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. The current investigation sought to investigate whether individuals diagnosed with an eating disorder vs. those comorbidly diagnosed with an eating disorder and borderline personality disorder differ on measures of eating disorders symptoms and/or general distress over the course of treatment. In light of the success of DBT in treating individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, a group known to have considerable difficulties in regulating a...
Source: Eating Disorders - May 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Ben-Porath DD, Wisniewski L, Warren M Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Psychological determinants of emotional eating in adolescence.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Emotional eating is conceptualized as eating in response to negative affect. Data from a larger study of physical activity was employed to examine the associations among specific emotions/moods and emotional eating in an adolescent sample. Six-hundred and sixty-six students of diverse backgrounds from 7 middle schools in Los Angeles County participated. Cross-sectional analysis revealed no gender differences in emotional eating, and showed that perceived stress and worries were associated with emotional eating in the total sample. Gender stratified analyses revealed significant associations of perceived stress, worries...
Source: Eating Disorders - May 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Nguyen-Rodriguez ST, Unger JB, Spruijt-Metz D Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Body image, disordered eating and anabolic steroid use in female bodybuilders.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study compares competitive female bodybuilders (CFBBs) and recreational female weight-training controls (RFWTs) on a broad scope of eating related and general psychological characteristics. Anonymous questionnaires, designed to assess eating attitudes, body image, weight and shape preoccupation, prevalence of binge eating, body modification practices (including anabolic steroids), lifetime rates of eating disorders, and general psychological characteristics, were completed by 20 CFBBs and 25 RFWTs. High rates of weight and shape preoccupation, body dissatisfaction, bulimic practices, and anabolic steroid use were repo...
Source: Eating Disorders - May 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Goldfield GS Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

The relationship between anabolic androgenic steroids and muscle dysmorphia: a review.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This review explores the condition of muscle dysmorphia (MD) and its relationship with anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS). Particular emphasis is placed upon whether anabolic steroids are a predisposing, precipitating or perpetuating factor of MD. Furthermore, psychiatric complications of AAS abuse are examined. The current evidence from the literature suggests that AAS (ab)use is possibly a perpetuating factor in the evolution of MD. Psychiatric complications of AAS include mood and behavior changes, perceptual abnormalities, and withdrawal symptoms. In addition, there appears to be a credible dependence theory to AAS...
Source: Eating Disorders - May 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Rohman L Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Stories I tell my patients.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19242847 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Eating Disorders - March 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Andersen A Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

STAR Program.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19242846 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Eating Disorders - March 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Gregorio L Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

The role of depression and anxiety in impulsive and obsessive-compulsive behaviors among anorexic and bulimic patients.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Eating disorders are believed to range across a spectrum of varying degrees of obsessive-compulsive and impulsive behavior. Sixty anorexic (mean age = 19.8; sd = 5.9) and 109 bulimic (mean age = 26.9; sd = 11.3) female patients completed self-report questionnaires assessing obsessive-compulsiveness, impulsivity, depression and anxiety, as well as two eating disorder scales. Results yielded significantly higher levels of impulsivity and negative body image in the bulimic compared to the anorexic group. Regression analysis predicting impulsivity showed that bulimia and negative body image were the main contributors. Regr...
Source: Eating Disorders - March 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Finzi-Dottan R, Zubery E Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Parents as protective factors in eating problems of college women.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined how parents can protect their college-aged daughters from disordered eating. Specifically, the influence of the following variables on disordered eating was investigated: parental emotional availability and acceptance, parents' critical messages about weight and shape, acceptance of sociocultural attitudes about appearance, self-esteem, and early menarche. Participants included a random sample of 211 female undergraduates who completed an Internet questionnaire. Using multiple regression, messages heard from mothers and fathers were found to contribute to disordered eating, and sociocultural attitudes a...
Source: Eating Disorders - March 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Cordero ED, Israel T Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Daily and nightly anxiety among patients affected by night eating syndrome and binge eating disorder.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We tested if there were any differences about nocturnal and diurnal anxiety between patients either affected by Binge Eating Disorder (BED) or Night eating Syndrome (NES). Fifty four patients affected by BED, 13 by NES and 16 by both BED and NES were tested using the Self Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and the Sleep Disturbance Questionnaire (SDQ). Their nocturnal eating behavior was ascertained through the Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ). Patients affected by both BED and NES scored significantly higher on SAS than other patients. Among NES patients we found a correlation between a SDQ subscale and two subscales of the N...
Source: Eating Disorders - March 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Sassaroli S, Ruggiero GM, Vinai P, Cardetti S, Carpegna G, Ferrato N, Vallauri P, Masante D, Scarone S, Bertelli S, Bidone R, Busetto L, Sampietro S Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Yoga as an Intervention in the Treatment of Eating Disorders: Does it Help?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article explores the uses of yoga as an experiential adjunct to other forms of therapy in the treatment of eating disorders in residential and outpatient settings. Supported by other treatment modalities, yoga can be an effective method for increasing self-awareness, reflection and the ability to self-soothe. Like other interventions, yoga has potential misuses. These misuses are uncovered with suggestions made as to how therapists can support the practice of yoga in residential and outpatient settings. PMID: 19242842 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Eating Disorders - March 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Douglass L Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Clinicians' perspectives on the premature termination of treatment in patients with eating disorders.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In-depth interviews concerning the premature termination of treatment (PTT) were conducted with seven clinicians in an inpatient eating disorders program. Motivation to be in the program and work on recovery, and the ability to establish a trusting relationship with staff were thought to be important factors in completing treatment. Patients who are asked to leave the treatment program, termed "administrative discharge" (AD), were believed by clinicians to differ from patients who dropped out of treatment in terms of having more reasons to stay in the program. While AD was described as a stressful process, particularly...
Source: Eating Disorders - March 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Masson PC, Sheeshka JD Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Response to Critique of BMI Article by Cogan, Smith and Maine.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19242840 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Eating Disorders - March 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Cogan JC, Smith JP, Maine MD Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Response to the article, "the risks of a quick fix: a case against mandatory body mass index reporting laws".Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19242839 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Eating Disorders - March 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Krukowski RA, West DS Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

The last word on the 29th Olympiad: redundant, revealing, remarkable, and redundant.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19105066 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Eating Disorders - January 1, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Thompson RA, Sherman RT Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

A controlled evaluation of web-based training for teachers and public health practitioners on the prevention of eating disorders.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The effectiveness of a web-based prevention program designed for elementary school teachers was examined in 78 elementary school teachers and 89 local public health practitioners (who provide support to schools). Participants were assigned to either the intervention (n = 95) or comparison (n = 72) study groups. All participants completed self-report online measures prior to, and following, the 60-day study period assessing knowledge about various factors that influence body image in children and efficacy to fight weight bias in the school. Information was also solicited on the feasibility of, and on the perceived benef...
Source: Eating Disorders - December 24, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: McVey G, Gusella J, Tweed S, Ferrari M Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Treating patients with eating disorders: an examination of treatment providers' experiences.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Patients with eating disorders bring unique challenges to treatment providers. The purpose of this study was to explore treatment providers' experiences working with patients with eating disorders. Specifically, we investigated 1) the frequency and management of commentary about the treatment providers' appearance from patients, 2) personal changes in affect, vigilance around appearance, and eating behaviors in treatment providers, and 3) feedback and suggestions about effectively working with these patients. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, 43 professional eating disorder treatment providers attending the M...
Source: Eating Disorders - December 24, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Warren CS, Crowley ME, Olivardia R, Schoen A Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Effects of dietary restraint and body mass index on the relative reinforcing value of snack food.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present study examined the independent and interactive association between dietary restraint, body mass index (BMI) and the relative reinforcing value of food. Four hundred and three introductory psychology students completed questionnaires assessing age, gender, BMI, hunger, smoking status, nicotine dependence, dietary restraint, hedonic ratings for snack food and fruits and vegetables and the relative reinforcing value of snack food and fruits and vegetables. In the overall sample, results indicated a dietary restraint x BMI interaction after controlling for age, hunger, nicotine dependence, and hedonics. However...
Source: Eating Disorders - December 24, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Goldfield GS, Lumb A Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Is there a relationship between parental self-reported psychopathology and symptom severity in adolescents with anorexia nervosa?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The current study aimed to screen for indications of psychopathology displayed by the parents of adolescents diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa (AN), and examine the relationship between severity of adolescent eating disorder symptoms and parental psychopathology. Sixty female adolescents diagnosed with DSM-IV-TR AN (restricting-type and binge-purge-type) were administered the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) and parents completed the Symptom Checklist 90-Revised (SCL-90-R). As compared to established non-patient norms, both fathers and mothers of adolescents with AN reported greater levels of obsessive compulsive behavi...
Source: Eating Disorders - December 24, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Ravi S, Forsberg S, Fitzpatrick K, Lock J Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

A Pilot Study of a Family-Based Treatment for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa: 18- and 36-Month Follow-ups.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The current study evaluated the outcome of family-based treatment for female adolescents with anorexia nervosa (N = 32), at the Anorexia-Bulimia Outpatient Unit in Goteborg, Sweden. Patients/parents were assessed pre-treatment, at 18- and 36-month follow-ups concerning eating disorder symptoms, general psychopathology, family climate and BMI. At the 36-month follow-up, 75% of the patients were in full remission with reduction in eating disorder symptoms and internalizing problems and they experienced a less distant and chaotic atmosphere in their families. These results show that family-based treatment appears to be ef...
Source: Eating Disorders - December 24, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Paulson-Karlsson G, Engstrom I, Nevonen L Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Binge eating: neurochemical insights from animal models.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19105063 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Eating Disorders - December 24, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Avena NM Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Personality disorders and eating disorders: exploring the frontier.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19105064 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Eating Disorders - December 24, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Hindell A Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

The muscular ideal: psychological, social and medical perspectives.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19105065 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Eating Disorders - December 24, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Nye S Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

The Last Word on the 29(th) Olympiad: Redundant, Revealing, Remarkable, and Redundant.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19105066 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Eating Disorders - December 24, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Thompson RA, Sherman RT Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Diagnosed eating disorders in the U.S. Military: a nine year review.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of three types of eating disorders (ED); anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN) and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS), diagnosed in the U.S. Military. Diagnosed cases of ED were obtained from the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database for all Service Members (SM) from 1998-2006. The percentage per year of SM with an ED diagnosis was .30%. Eating disorders were diagnosed significantly more in 2006 (.41%) compared to 1998 (.23%) (p < .001). Females were diagnosed significantly more than males (p < .001). The majority of AN cases (66%) were in ...
Source: Eating Disorders - September 30, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Antczak AJ, Brininger TL Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Integrating evidence-based treatments with individual needs in an outpatient facility for eating disorders.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a day treatment program for 77 women diagnosed with eating disorders. The program utilizes an integrative approach, combining evidence-based treatments such as cognitive-behavioral therapy with clinical experience and additional multimodal interventions based on individual needs. Three modes of treatment used in the program (group therapy, family therapy, and individual therapy) and two levels of treatment (partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient) are described in detail. The effectiveness of the treatment program was evaluated by comparing pre-tre...
Source: Eating Disorders - September 30, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Schaffner AD, Buchanan LP Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Participation in athletic activities and eating disordered behavior.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of the following study was to examine the relationship between participation in athletic and exercise activities and eating disordered behavior among a college student population. A sample of 853 undergraduate students completed the EAT-26 and indicated participation in athletic activities to determine eating disorder-related dieting and exercise attitudes and behaviors. Results demonstrate that participation in recreational activities correlates with more deleterious attitudes than involvement in organized sports. Implications for counseling and prevention are discussed. PMID: 18821363 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Eating Disorders - September 30, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Levitt DH Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Emotion regulation skills mediate the effects of shame on eating disorder symptoms in women.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We examined the impact of negative affectivity, chronic shame, and emotion regulation skills on eating disorder symptoms in undergraduate women (N = 154). We hypothesized that self-reported emotion regulation skills would mediate the well-documented relationship between chronic shame and eating disorder symptoms. Results revealed that chronic shame predicted eating disorder symptoms over and above general negative affectivity. Further, difficulties with emotion regulation mediated the relationship between chronic shame and ED symptoms. These findings suggest that chronic shame's role in eating disorder symptoms can be amel...
Source: Eating Disorders - September 30, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Gupta S, Zachary Rosenthal M, Mancini AD, Cheavens JS, Lynch TR Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

A randomized experimental test of the efficacy of EMDR treatment on negative body image in eating disorder inpatients.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the short and long-term effects of EMDR in a residential eating disorders population. A randomized, experimental design compared 43 women receiving standard residential eating disorders treatment (SRT) to 43 women receiving SRT and EMDR therapy (SRT+EMDR) on measures of negative body image and other clinical outcomes. SRT+EMDR reported less distress about negative body image memories and lower body dissatisfaction at posttreatment, 3-month, and 12-month follow-up, compared to SRT. Additional comparisons revealed no differences between the conditions pre to posttreatment on other measures of body image a...
Source: Eating Disorders - September 30, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Bloomgarden A, Calogero RM Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Eating disorders awareness week: the effectiveness of a one-time body image dissatisfaction prevention session.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a body image dissatisfaction prevention session that provided information on body image and media literacy to college women. Participants were 81 undergraduates who were randomly assigned to attend either a body image intervention or a control intervention. Participants completed measures at pre- and post-intervention and at 4-week follow-up. The body image group improved significantly more than the control group on body shape concerns, but not on the other outcome variables. Efficacious interventions capable of reaching large numbers of women are necessary t...
Source: Eating Disorders - September 30, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Ridolfi DR, Vander Wal JS Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Effects of being a peer-leader in an eating disorder prevention program: can we further reduce eating disorder risk factors?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, 83 undergraduate sorority members, who previously participated in the program, served as peer-leaders for an eating disorder prevention program. Peer-leaders attended 9 hours of training and then led two 2-hour sessions. Leaders showed decreases (beyond participation in earlier studies) in dietary restraint, bulimic pathology, body dissatisfaction, and thin-ideal internalization from pre-training through 7-week follow up. Results from this exploratory study suggest that peer-leaders who participate in a program and subsequently lead it may experience additional benefits compared to participation in the progr...
Source: Eating Disorders - September 30, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Black Becker C, Bull S, Smith LM, Ciao AC Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

The Body Project: Promoting Body Acceptance and Preventing Eating Disorders.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 18821368 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Eating Disorders - September 30, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Sepulveda AR Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

The Female Body in Mind: The Interface Between the Female Body and Mental Health.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 18821369 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Eating Disorders - September 30, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Russell-Mayhew S Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Stories I Tell My Patients.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 18821370 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Eating Disorders - September 30, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Andersen AE Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Femininity and eating disorders.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study is to examine conformity to traditional feminine norms as a predictor of eating disorder (ED) symptomatology. Eight subscales of the Conformity to Feminine Norms Inventory (CFNI) were examined as predictors of ED symptomatology as assessed by the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q). Findings indicate the Thinness subscale of the CFNI predicted significant portions of the variance in ED symptomatology. Contrary to the findings of Mahalik and colleagues (2005), no other CFNI subscales predicted ED symptoms. Implications for the femininity theory of EDs are discussed. PMID: 1856...
Source: Eating Disorders - June 26, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Green MA, Davids CM, Skaggs AK, Riopel CM, Hallengren JJ Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Internalization of the ultra-thin ideal: positive implicit associations with underweight fashion models are associated with drive for thinness in young women.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined whether young women who make implicit associations between underweight models and positive attributes report elevated eating disorder symptoms. Ninety nine female undergraduates completed a weight based implicit association test (IAT) and self report measures of body dissatisfaction, thin-ideal internalization and eating disorder symptoms. IAT scores were associated with drive for thinness (r = -0.26, p < 0.05). This relationship was moderated by attitude importance. The relationship between drive for thinness and IAT scores was stronger (r = 0.34; p < 0.02) in participants who report that the med...
Source: Eating Disorders - June 26, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Ahern AL, Bennett KM, Hetherington MM Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

BodySense: an evaluation of a positive body image intervention on sport climate for female athletes.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The goal of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a selective prevention program designed to reduce pressures to be thin in sport, and to promote positive body image and eating behaviors in young female athletes. Participants were competitive female gymnasts (aged 11 to 18 years), parents, and coaches from 7 gymnastic clubs across Ontario, Canada. Four of the seven clubs were randomized to receive the 3-month intervention program (IG) aimed at increasing awareness and positive climate change of body image pressures for athletes in their clubs. Three clubs were randomized to the control group (CG). A to...
Source: Eating Disorders - June 26, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Buchholz A, Mack H, McVey G, Feder S, Barrowman N Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Costs of remission and recovery using family therapy for adolescent anorexia nervosa: a descriptive report.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper reports on the costs of overall treatment for a cohort of adolescent patients with AN treated with a similar regimen consisting of inpatient medical stabilization, outpatient family therapy, and psychiatric medications for co-morbid psychiatric conditions. Most of the costs associated with outcome were secondary to medical hospitalization. However, the overall costs per remission varied widely depending on the threshold used. However, compared to costs described for adults with AN, adolescent treatment costs appear to be lower when families are used effectively to aid in treatment. PMID: 18568922 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Eating Disorders - June 26, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Lock J, Couturier J, Agras WS Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

The specificity of social rank in eating disorder versus depressive symptoms.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It has been proposed that an evolutionary approach to understanding rank and social status may contribute to our understanding of eating disorder symptoms. The present study sought to explore the degree to which rank might be related to eating pathology independently of its known association with depression. A non-clinical sample of 74 women completed rank-relevant measures of social defeat, entrapment, submissive behavior and social comparison as well as measures of depressive and eating disorder symptoms. Independently of depressive symptoms, submissive behavior and an unfavorable social comparison predicted eating p...
Source: Eating Disorders - June 26, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Troop NA, Baker AH Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Factors influencing the utilization of empirically supported treatments for eating disorders.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study expands upon previous research investigating the use of empirically supported treatments (ESTs) for eating disorders by surveying a large sample of clinicians who specialize in treating eating disorders. Surveys developed for this study were sent to 698 members of a large, professional, eating disorder organization who were listed as treatment providers on the organization's website. Despite clinicians reporting frequently using CBT techniques, most identified something other than CBT or IPT as their primary approach to treatment. In contrast with previous research, the majority had received prior training in th...
Source: Eating Disorders - June 26, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Simmons AM, Milnes SM, Anderson DA Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

How I practice.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 18568925 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Eating Disorders - June 26, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Andersen A Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

The therapist's voice, Judith Ruskay Rabinor, editor. Tragic Optimism and the search for meaning: enhancing recovery in psychotherapy.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 18568926 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Eating Disorders - June 26, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Nye S Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals

Erratum.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Authors: PMID: 18568927 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Eating Disorders - June 26, 2008 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Tags: Eat Disord Source Type: journals