World's Largest Anorexia Trial Shows Psychotherapy Is Effective: Eating …

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World's Largest Anorexia Trial Shows Psychotherapy Is Effective: Eating …
A trial has been held for the first time to measure the effects of psychotherapy on women with anorexia nervosa, considered to be one of the most fatal mental disorders, in a study called the Anorexia Nervosa Treatment of OutPatients (ANTOP … Read more on Medical Daily

New Duke Medicine evening program targets eating disorders
Alvarado is a few weeks into the new intensive evening program offered by Duke's Center for Eating Disorders. A class of about 10 people meets three times a week instead of the usual outpatient treatment model that comprises a weekly, one-hour session … Read more on Durham Herald Sun

first gene mutations linked to eating disorders
Eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia have long been known to run in families, but scientists haven't been able to identify specific gene mutations linked to them—until now. In a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, … Read more on Boston.com (blog)