Background Eating disorders are severe psychiatric disorders with a complex etiology
involving transactions among sociocultural, psychological, and biological influences. Most …

This focussed narrative review examines neurobiological and psychophysiological evidence
supporting a role for altered reward processes in the development and maintenance of …

Objective The relevance of the microbe-gut-brain axis to psychopathology is of interest in
anorexia nervosa (AN), as the intestinal microbiota plays a critical role in metabolic function …

The third edition of the hugely successful Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical
Psychology incorporates important advances in the field to provide a reliable and accessible …

Objective Evidence associates anorexia nervosa (AN) with epigenetic alterations that could
contribute to illness risk or entrenchment. We investigated the extent to which AN is …

The research-practice gap is of concern in the treatment of eating disorders. Despite the
existence of empirically supported treatments, few receive them. The barriers to wider …

Purpose: This cross-sectional study explored the prevalence of eating disorders (EDs) and
possible associated factors (depressive symptoms, anxiety and BMI, etc) on EDs in female …

Recent years have witnessed increasing popularity and promotion of biological influences
(eg, genetics) in eating disorder (ED) development. Although research suggests biological …

Multiple Family Therapy (MFT) has gained increasing popularity in the treatment of eating
disorders and many programs have been developed over the past decade. Still, there is little …

This chapter provides a brief exploration of the relationships among body image problems,
disordered eating, and eating disorders (EDs). First, it focuses on the role of body image and …