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Eating disorders
… the role of attachment processes in the eating disorders. The second part is a qualitative study that investigates the personal meaning of eating disorder symptoms. The literature review suggests that although attachment processes appear to play a role in the development and maintenance …
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Eating Disorders: Personal Perspectives
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Eating disorders: between people
… 1.6 million people in the UK are affected by eating disorders (NICE, 2004). Generally speaking, eating disorders have major physical, psychological and social consequences (Hjern et al., 2006), often characterized by a poor quality of life (De la Rie et al., 2007)and a high health burden (Mond …
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Emotional processing in eating disorders
Research into emotional processing in eating disorders (ED) is still very much in its infancy. Milligan and Waller (2000), Waller et al (2003) and others have shown that there is difficulty with the emotion of anger, especially in its expression. Whilst others (e.g. Troop et al, 2000) have …
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Narratives of males with eating disorders
For years, eating disorders, particularly anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, have been studied extensively among adolescent girls and young women. However, despite recent research revealing a significant percentage of men display behaviours related to eating disorders, their individual …
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Modeling Treatment Outcomes in Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are notoriously difficult and costly to treat, with only 40% of individuals with an eating disorder making a full recovery. Individually Tailored Service Allocation provides a dynamic treatment model defined by empirically accepted theory and consistently informed by data provided …
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Characterizing Interpersonal Perception in Adolescent Eating Disorders
Eating disorders (EDs) are associated with significant morbidity and mortality, and recovery is a challenging and often protracted process. Improved understanding of EDs, including identification and refinement of treatment and recovery targets, is necessary to improve intervention and treatment …
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Conceptual Metaphors for Eating Disorders on Instagram
Those who have not experienced an eating disorder first-hand may never completely understand the ways it impacts your life. However, analysis of the language used to talk about food, diet culture, body, eating disorders, recovery, and relapse can provide meaningful insight into the experience of …
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The Role of Disgust in Eating Disorders
… has been studied in various psychological disorders, including anxiety, depression, and eating disorders. The current study employed exploratory correlations and hierarchical linear regressions (controlling for race, anxiety, and depression) in order to be able to observe the relationships …
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Emotional Stroop Effects: Eating Disorders and Obesity
… interference has indicated that persons with eating disorders, particularly anorectics, show elevated latencies in naming colors of words related to food or body-shape, in contrast to either neutral words, or to non-clinical control groups. One intriguing issue regarding the emotional Stroop …
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The Paradoxical Feminine - Eating Disorders Beyond Gender
… of expressions and etiological factors in eating disorders. Drawing on a diversity of research fields - epidemiology, historical accounts, femininity theories, clinical and social psychology, neuroscience, and object relations models -, I have found that intrusion, as the overwhelming …
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Eating Disorders and their Affect on Interpersonal Difficulties
… eight million Americans suffering from an eating disorder, understanding these disorders is of significant importance to help them. One aspect of eating disorders that needs to be more understood is how eating disorders affect a diagnosed person’s interpersonal relationships. To examine …
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Quality of life in individuals with eating disorders
… of the assessment of medical and psychiatric disorders, such as eating disorders. Eating disorders affect both the emotional and physical wellbeing of individuals who suffer from them and presumably impact quality of life. The purpose of this study was to assess the quality of life of …
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Eating Disorders, Suicidality, and Interpersonal Theory of Suicide
<p>The purpose of this study was to look at how eating disorders and the intrapersonal factors underlying ED are related to acquired capability for suicide and thwarted belongingness. More specifically, the present study wants to assess intra-personal factors that could have a correlation to the …
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Disclosure of eating disorders and subsequent help seeking
The severe consequences of having an eating disorder can be minimised by early treatment access. However, most individuals experience lengthy delays in accessing help. This review aimed to systematically evaluate the empirical literature relating to the barriers and facilitators that might …
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The relationship of psychosexual factors and eating disorders
… psychosexual factors in the development of the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia. The study sample involved 41 female eating disordered patients (16 anorexics and 25 bulimics), diagnosed using the DSM-III-R criteria. These patients were recruited from The Eating Disorders Program at St. …
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Weighing in on Eating Disorders: Collegiate Swimming Coaches' Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Eating Disorders and Unhealthy Weight Loss Behaviors in Female Athletes
… coaches' knowledge and attitudes towards eating disorders and unhealthy weight loss practices within their athletes along with their perceptions of sport specific pressures in swimming. I used a modified version of the 2003 NCAA Questionnaire for Collegiate Coaches of Female …
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