One eating disorder is becoming increasingly prevalent. Though it didn’t even have a name as early as 10 years ago, ARFID—which stands for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder—has seen a 200 ...
I described personality disorders here. In this post, I will discuss their origins. From the psychoanalytic-attachment perspective, personality disorders are not so much created as they are a ...
What an eating disorder isn't Eating disorders are not a choice, said Lauren Smolar, vice president of mission and education for the National Eating Disorders Association. Some may suggest that ...
Kerry Washington recognized she was in the midst of a “real mental health crisis” before seeking treatment for an eating ...
And yet in a culture in which fat shaming and restrictive eating are prevalent, it can be easy for eating disorder behaviors to become normalized, said Jennifer Rollin, founder of The Eating Disorder ...
The term “rare blood disorders” describes less common conditions that affect blood cells’ ability to function correctly. Myeloproliferative disorders and lymphoproliferative disorders are two types of ...
A personality disorder is a longstanding and inflexible personality pattern. Personality, in turn, is whatever enables us to predict how a particular person will respond to a given situation. It ...
Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic (AEDC), the newest clinic at the Psychological Services Center, is expanding access to mental health care by providing empirically based, low-cost treatment for a ...
Temporomandibular joint disorders affect a significant share of the adult population in the United Kingdom, with clinical estimates suggesting that as many as one in fifteen adults experience ...
Eyelids protect the eyes, spread tears, and maintain eye health. Unfortunately, they are prone to several disorders, collectively called eyelid diseases. These conditions can cause discomfort, affect ...
A new study of movement disorders published in the International Journal of Public Health was led by Santa Barbara City ...