Purging behaviors (vomiting or misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas) can also shift from conscious decisions to ...

While the concept of eating disorders has become more broadly discussed over the last few years, less is understood about the psychology behind them — namely, what is happening inside the brain of a ...

Over the course of their lives, up to 220,000 Norwegians will pick at their skin or pull out their hair to an extent that can ...

We’re seeing continued advances in making psychiatric diagnoses—and, therefore, improved treatment. A major step in this direction occurred in 2009 when the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) ...

Although mental disorders have multifactorial causes, genetics can explain some of them, yet this field remains largely unexplored in terms of guiding diagnoses and treatments. In the largest study of ...

New research shows that people with eating disorders are more harshly judged than those suffering from depression, making it much harder for them to seek treatment. New research shows that people with ...

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 ...

Among patients with active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), those with both clinical and biochemical disease activity and two common mental disorders had a more than sixfold increased risk for ...