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February 21, 2013

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2:16 AM | Lifetime Prevalence of Eating Disorders Among Eating Disorder Professionals
How many professionals that treat eating disorders have a personal history of struggling with an eating disorder? It is a crucial question to ask (and answer) because there are important implications for patient treatment and for the health of the afflicted professionals. It is true that many (or most?) individuals who go into mental health do so because of personal experiences–whether due to their own personal history or the experiences of a loved one–so it is useful to ask, just […]

BARBARICH, N. (2002). Lifetime Prevalence of Eating Disorders Among Professionals in the Field, Eating Disorders, 10 (4) 305-312. DOI:

Science of Eating Disorders
Neuroscience | Psychiatry
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October 10, 2012

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3:21 PM | How Common Are Eating Disorders? Incidence, Prevalence and Mortality Rates
Six month of blogging and I have yet to do a proper post on the prevalence of eating disorders. I think it is about time. I see all sorts of numbers thrown around, often depending on the purpose of the article and the author’s bias. Is it 1 in 1000, 1 in 100, 1 in 20 or maybe even 1 in 2? Who is right? Well, it is a tricky question to answer. The number depends on how the particular study was conducted. Here are some factors that may influence the final rates: the population being […]

Smink, F.R., van Hoeken, D. & Hoek, H.W. (2012). Epidemiology of eating disorders: incidence, prevalence and mortality rates., Current Psychiatry Reports, 14 (4) 406-14. PMID:

Science of Eating Disorders
Neuroscience | Psychiatry
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March 07, 2012

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1:15 PM | Untrue: Abortion Leads to Mental Health Problems
Does having an abortion lead to a greater likelihood of having future mental health problems? That’s what a study by Priscilla Coleman and her colleagues published in 2009 in the Journal of Psychiatric Research claimed. She said the data showed a direct, temporal relationship. In other words, after a woman had an abortion, they were [...]
World of Psychology
Psychology

September 03, 2011

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12:23 PM | CDC Statistics: Mental Illness in the US
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a summary report yesterday detailing how the CDC measures mental illness in the U.S., and summary statistics from those measurements. Most of the information summarized in the report is not new, since it was previously published. What the report does do is bring a great [...]
World of Psychology
Psychology
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