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• How to Talk to Someone Who Has an Eating Disorder

  If you suspect that a friend or family member has an eating disorder, it's best to follow up on your suspicions and talk to this person. However, disordered eating is a sensitive topic, so you need to be careful about how you begin and conduct the conversation. more...

• Talking Through Your Eating Disorder: Talk Therapy Proves Effective at Treating Bulimia

  A recent review published in The Cochran Library found that 37 percent of people completely stopped binge eating when treated with cognitive behavioral therapy that focused on binging. more...

• The Benefits of Co-Ed Eating Disorder Treatment

  As the public becomes more aware and accepting of male eating disorders and more research is conducted in the field, more eating disorder treatment facilities are tailoring treatment to the needs of both male and female clientele. more...

• Balancing Acceptance and Change in Eating Disorder Treatment

  Women with eating disorders have made great strides in treatment that emphasizes finding the balance between accepting certain realities and changing behaviors that aren't meeting their needs in healthy ways. more...

• Impaired Brain Activity Underlies Impulsive Behaviors in Women with Bulimia

  Women with bulimia nervosa (BN), when compared with healthy women, showed different patterns of brain activity while doing a task that required self-regulation. This abnormality may underlie binge eating and other impulsive behaviors that occur with the eating disorder, according to an article published in the January 2009 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry. more...