As a result of stay-at-home restrictions and sudden unemployment, millions of people are isolated at home without their usual routines and supports, with a large amount of unstructured time on their hands, less opportunity to exercise and obtain healthy food, and increased stress.
The authors note that pediatricians should be knowledgeable about risk factors and early signs and symptoms of eating disorders in male and female children and adolescents.
Researchers conducted a population-based, longitudinal cohort study of data from adolescent participants in the IMAGEN Study, seeking to identify early associations with the development of eating disorders.
Prkar2a deficiency led to decreased habenular PKA enzymatic activity and impaired dendritic localization of PKA catalytic subunits in MHb neurons. Re-expression of Prkar2a in the Hb rescued this phenotype confirming differential roles for Prkar2a in regulating the drives for palatable foods and voluntary exercise.
The purpose of this study was to determine if the habenula integrates rewards with cognition and emotion in obesity and susceptibility to energy imbalance as it does in the case of substance abuse.
While eating disorders are common, serious psychiatric disorders on college campuses, most affected individuals do not receive treatment. Digital interventions have the potential to bridge the gap.
Participants in the United States and the Netherlands completed an online survey that evaluated the impact of COVID-19 on situational circumstances, eating disorder symptoms, eating disorder treatment, and general well-being.
A new randomized controlled clinical trial evaluated whether yoga and cognitive behavioral therapy are each more effective than stress education to treat generalized anxiety disorder.
Stronger de-coupling effects were anticipated in using integrated cognitive affective therapy for treatment of eating disorders, as compared to cognitive behavioral therapy guided self-help.