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September 25, 2012

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8:43 PM | Maintaining Change Following Intensive Eating Disorder Treatment
It is a relatively well known fact that eating disorders have a high relapse rate and many people, myself included, find themselves in multiple intensive – residential, inpatient, even partial hospitalization – treatments. One may ask if such intensive treatments really work or if long term intensive care is just a band-aid of sorts. I know I’ve had to ask myself, “why is this going to work this time when it hasn’t worked in the long run before.” There is […]

Cockell, Sarah J, Zaitsoff, Shannon L & Geller, Josie (2004). Maintaing Change Following Eating Disorder Treatment, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 35 (5) 527-534. DOI:

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August 25, 2012

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8:18 PM | Devil in the Details: Can Poor Cognitive Function be Attributed to Anorexics’ Obsession with Detail?
Hi all, Gina here, again. This article is short and sweet, as is my post. I’m becoming increasingly interested in some of the more cognitive aspects of eating disorders and seeing as my background on the subject is pretty limited (re: none, although I’m taking a cognitive science class this term), I was hoping to generate some discussion /or references from readers that I could incorporate into further posts. Cheers! It has long been suggested that people with eating disorders (in […]

Tokley M & Kemps E (2007). Preoccupation with detail contributes to poor abstraction in women with anorexia nervosa., Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 29 (7) 734-41. PMID:

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August 17, 2012

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6:10 PM | How Do Anorexics Define Recovery and Engage in Treatment? The Need for Individualized Treatment
Dear Science of Eating Disorders readers, please welcome Gina, our newest contributor! Gina is looking forward to writing for the blog and enriching the content with her own unique interests, perspectives and experiences. You can find out more about Gina on the ‘About Gina‘ page and you should also check out her personal blog about eating disorder recovery (and all things related) here. Just a note, do keep in mind that I (Tetyana) try to give as much freedom as possible to guest […]

Darcy AM, Katz S, Fitzpatrick KK, Forsberg S, Utzinger L & Lock J (2010). All better? How former anorexia nervosa patients define recovery and engaged in treatment., European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association, 18 (4) 260-70. PMID:

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