Posts by Sara Ho

Assistant Acquisitions and Development Editor, BioMed Central

New ways of thinking about anorexia nervosa

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Guest blog post by Janet Treasure, PhD FRCP FRCPsych and Ulrike Schmidt, Dr Med PhD FRCPsych, authors of the latest review on the cognitive-interpersonal model of anorexia nervosa published in the Journal of Eating Disorders.

Anorexia nervosa (AN) has a lifetime prevalence of 1% in females with a 10-20% lifetime fatality rate. Although early family intervention can prevent AN from becoming entrenched a subgroup have a persistent illness or develop the illness later when the family intervention is less effective. Thus in adults with AN (i.e. those with a more chronic illness) outcomes are poor and treatment drop-out is high. The evidence-base for psychological treatment of adults with AN is extremely limited …

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Journal of Eating Disorders launches today at BioMed Central

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Today marks a new era of open access publishing in eating disorders. Eating disorders affect millions of people of all ages in the world, and are associated with multiple health conditions such as obesity, which is predicted to affect at least 50% of adults by 2050.

Despite the wealth of research and knowledge within the field of eating disorders, many gaps still exist. Further research needs to be undertaken to refine existing treatments to make them more effective, and to develop and adapt existing treatment protocols which may not work for all patients.

Journal of Eating Disorders (JoED), edited by Professors Phillipa …

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