Hadley Freeman’s “Good Girls” (Bookshelf, May 1) is the most insightful book I have ever read as to the causes of anorexia. Most anorexics aren’t part of the prison system that a psychiatrist ...

For Erin Harrop, an assistant professor of social work at the University of Denver, signs of an eating disorder began to appear at a young age. It initially started at the age of six with little ...

Anorexia nervosa, a disorder that distorts its victims' body image and causes them to steadily starve themselves, is among the most dangerous mental health conditions. Four percent of people with ...

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 ...

OK, so we have some strong evidence for correlations between anorexia and cognitive impairment. (See part two.) Now we can start asking causal questions. It might seem obvious that if cognitive ...

Researchers have identified many different causes for eating disorders, ranging from genetic risk factors to the culture a person grows up in. However, no single factor causes all eating disorders.

A growing number of older women are seeking treatment for eating disorders. Many have struggled without help for decades. In 2012, Janice Bremis went to an eating disorder treatment facility in ...