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Beyond Symptom Reduction: Innovation in Eating Disorders Requires Seeing the Whole Picture
Written by James Downs @jamesldowns https://www.jamesdowns.co.uk For too long, eating disorders have been met with treatments that don’t always account for their complexity. As someone who

Reframing Toxic New Year’s Resolutions
Every January, the world seems to buzz with the same question: “What are your New Year’s resolutions?” From fitness challenges to career ambitions, it’s easy

All Clients Want to Improve: A Reflection on Cellar Potatoes, Sprouts, and Unfavourable Conditions
Clients want to improve: This is one of several central treatment assumptions in DBT and not one that is widely accepted or believed in general

Is Recovery a Choice?
We know that eating disorders (EDs) are not choices, but is recovery a choice? I spend a lot of time thinking about this because

Increasing Demand for ARFID Treatment in Ontario
All eating disorders are characterized by an inability to properly feed oneself. Difficulties in eating, body image, and digestion are largely rooted in neurobiological and metabolic factors

What is the Difference between Anorexia Nervosa with a Binge/Purge Subtype and Bulimia Nervosa?
Binge eating and purging can be present in both anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN). In both disorders, the individual may engage in objective