Eating Disorders

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COVID and Disordered Eating

The psychiatric care and medical communities are reporting that during the recent Covid pandemic, cases of eating disorders among teenagers and adults have surged. In fact, some practitioners and treatment centers are reporting an almost two-fold increase. Experts note that…
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The Pandemic and Eating Disorders

In a recent article in the New York Times, adolescent psychologist Lisa Damour reported that eating disorders among teenagers have exploded during the pandemic. Eating disorder clinics are reporting a two-fold increase in intakes of adolescent patients since the pandemic…
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Bigorexia

Body dysmorphia occurs when one obsessively believes that a body part or appearance is severely flawed, and then wants to somehow hide or fix it. In today’s appearance-obsessed culture, body dysmorphia is on the rise. A growing number of kids…
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