Medicaid-insured kids with anorexia hospitalized for medical stabilization remain in hospital longer than peers with private insurance despite similar illness severity, according to a study from Ann & ...

A first-line intervention asks parents to plan, prepare, and supervise meals. But are they best-suited for the job? By Frieda Klotz / Undark Published Nov 17, 2023 9:30 AM EST This article was ...

Scientists have taken a step closer to finding a drug for the difficult-to-treat eating disorder anorexia. In experiments with mice, the researchers showed that increasing levels of a peptide ...

Anorexia nervosa is a serious mental health condition that involves changes in eating habits, among other symptoms. It can start in childhood. Anorexia nervosa usually affects people in their teenage ...

Eating disorders (EDs) are psychiatric illnesses involving disordered relationships with food and pathological body weight/shape dissatisfaction. As both psychological and biological illnesses, EDs ...

A study showed that changes in the functioning of opioid neurotransmitters in the brain may underlie anorexia. A study conducted at Turku PET Centre in Finland showed that changes in the functioning ...

Tens of millions of adults and teens in the U.S. are affected by a wide range of mental health disorders. The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health notes that some of the most common ones include ...