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Member Spotlight: 2025 Spence Awardee Gemma Sharp on the Prospects of Eating Disorder Research

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

Professor and 2025 APS Janet Taylor Spence Award recipient Gemma Sharp leads the Body Image & Eating Disorders Research Program at The University of Queensland. Your research focuses on the factors leading to body-image concerns and eating disorders, as well as interventions for both.

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Sleep quality in eating disorders: new review finds significantly more sleep impairments in people with anorexia

The Mental Elf

Ellie Davis summarises a systematic review and meta-analysis that provides evidence that eating disorders are linked to sleep deficits, though the underlying factors and impact on treatment remain unclear.

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Could I Have an Eating Disorder?

ADDitude

Whatever the reason, eating disorders in midlife and older women are not uncommon, yet they are under-recognized. In research examining eating disorder symptoms among women aged 45 to 61, body dissatisfaction was cited as a key risk factor. 2 They have the second-highest mortality rate among all psychiatric disorders.

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Recognizing, Addressing, and Treating Eating Disorders in Adolescents

Psychiatric Times

Margot Rittenhouse, MS, LPCC, discussed how caregivers and clinicians alike can identify warning signs and support adolescents experiencing eating disorders.

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Eating Disorders Are on the Rise and It's Alarming

From Both Sides of the Couch

Personal Perspective: Eating disorders are on the rise since the pandemic. From my own experience with anorexia, I know how these disorders can turn tragic.

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Day # 148: Binge-Eating Disorder

Bullet Psych

Today we will continue our current theme of eating disorders as we discuss binge eating disorder (BED). Today's Content Level: Beginner and Intermediate Introduction 1 Binge-eating disorder (BED) is characterized by recurrent binge eating. Rule out other eating disorders.

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Immigrants and eating disorders: the numbers might surprise you

The Mental Elf

Ella Bradley, a MSc Global Mental Health student from the University of Glasgow, summarises a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating the prevalence of eating disorders in migrants compared to local populations. The post Immigrants and eating disorders: the numbers might surprise you appeared first on National Elf Service.