June 19th, 2013

A new clinical trial suggests estrogen replacement therapy may significantly decrease anxiety symptoms among girls with anorexia nervosa.
The clinical findings were ...
June 16th, 2013

In a novel but very small study, scientists were able to help some women with severe anorexia nervosa through deep brain stimulation (DBS). On ...
June 10th, 2013

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are among the deadliest of psychiatric disorders, with few proven effective treatments.
The insidious disorders are ...
May 31st, 2013

A new study finds that even the unconscious actions of people suffering from anorexia nervosa are influenced by their disturbed perception of body image.
Researchers ...
May 9th, 2013

A new clinical trial has found that focusing on quality of life and enhanced social adjustment, rather than weight gain, improved results for patients ...
April 10th, 2013

Online searches for all major mental illnesses tend to follow seasonal patterns, according to a new study -- suggesting that mental illnesses may be ...
January 31st, 2013

Researchers have discovered a teenage girl's social group plays more of a role than social media, television and the big screen on ...
January 25th, 2013

A brain imaging study suggests improper neural connections cause women with anorexia nervosa to have poor perceptual awareness of body ...
November 20th, 2012

Identifying eating disorders in teens and getting treatment are often difficult tasks. A new study seeks to leverage location, in this case hospital emergency ...
November 18th, 2012

People with certain mental disorders, such as schizophrenia and autism, ...