During the past two years in my clinical work, it seemed more clients were entering counseling for eating related concerns. In my several decades of counseling the incidence rate has always gone up ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Family therapy is more effective than traditional solo psychotherapy in helping teens with bulimia to abstain from binging and purging, a new study shows. Sign up here. The ...

Expanded program brings in-house nutrition, dual-diagnosis mental health treatment, and coordinated outpatient care for ...

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by cycles of binge eating and purging through methods like self-induced vomiting or taking laxatives. In the US, it will affect 1.5% of women and up ...

Common symptoms include jaw pain, swelling, and dental discomfort. The swelling may last as long as purging continues, but it can subside with recovery. Dental symptoms may require professional ...

If you or a loved one has struggled with an eating disorder, know this: You (and they) are not alone. Some 5% of the population has been diagnosed with one before, per the American Psychiatric ...

Eating disorders are serious brain-based illnesses that require intensive medical intervention. Kentucky has limited resources for eating disorder treatment, particularly for males. The Kentucky ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A patient bed is pushed through the corridor of a clinic. The number of girls and young women receiving hospital treatment for ...