Even after weeks of treatment and considerable weight gain, the brains of adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa remain altered, putting them at risk for possible relapse, according to researchers ...

Alison was a 17-year-old high school student. She had always been shy and anxious, but was a high achiever. Over the course of three months, Alison’s parents noticed that she was rarely eating at home ...

LONDON, July 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- COMPASS Pathways plc (CMPS) (“COMPASS”), a biotechnology company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation in mental health, today ...

Anorexia nervosa is a serious psychiatric disorder for which there are limited treatment options, and it has one of the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric diagnosis. A pilot study is now ...

Researchers found psilocybin’s effects in a female mouse anorexia model depended on exercise and metabolic state. The drug ...

A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, investigated adaptive treatment for Anorexia Nervosa (AN), a serious psychiatric ...

The 3 eating disorders--anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating--occur at a frequency far greater than usually realized. Anorexia has been found to be present in up to 1% of teenage and ...

A McGill University-led research team working in collaboration with a French team (CNRS, INSERM and Sorbonne university) believes it has identified both the neurological mechanism underlying anorexia ...

Here's what anorexia nervosa is, why it's so concerning and how people who struggle with the disorder can get help.