Category: neurodivergent

advocacy Comorbidities and eating disorders

Comorbidities and eating disorders

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Improving eating disorder care for underserved groups In the fourth post that June Alexander has adapted from Alykhan Asaria’s article on improving eating disorder care for underserved groups, three more underserved groups are discussed – people with comorbidities, neurodiverse people, and digitally excluded people. People with comorbidities Some people have comorbidities...

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advocacy Males with eating disorders and caregivers need recognition and support too

Males with eating disorders and caregivers need recognition and support too

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This sixth and final post that June Alexander has adapted from Alykhan Asaria’s article on improving eating disorder care for underserved groups, discusses two more underserved groups – a) males and b) caregivers and loved ones – together with the conclusion. Males Male eating disorder sufferers are underserved due to their...

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advocacy Education is key to filling gaps in eating disorder care

Education is key to filling gaps in eating disorder care

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In this fifth post that June Alexander has adapted from Alykhan Asaria’s article on improving eating disorder care for underserved groups, three more underserved groups are discussed – socioeconomically and sociogeographically disadvantaged people, ethnic/racial minorities, and sexual/gender diverse people. Socioeconomically and sociogeographically disadvantaged people Access to adequate healthcare often depends on...

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advocacy Eating disorder diagnosis failing young and old

Eating disorder diagnosis failing young and old

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In this third post that June Alexander has adapted from Alykhan’s Asaria’s article on improving eating disorder care for underserved groups, three more underserved groups are discussed — younger children, people with under-recognised eating disorders, and people with higher weights. Younger children and pre-adolescents Children under 13, and by implication,...

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advocacy Bringing together Korea’s eating disorder researchers

Bringing together Korea’s eating disorder researchers

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As the sole host of Korea’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW), I am researching the themes and issues to be covered in the seven sessions of our third event in February 2025. To fully understand and engage with these topics, I immerse myself deeply, processing them, formulating insightful questions to...

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advocacy Autism and anorexia – the difference a diagnosis makes

Autism and anorexia – the difference a diagnosis makes

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If I had not realised I am Autistic and received an official diagnosis, I would likely be dead – “or worse, expelled!” My anorexia nervosa was fuelled by a deep and desperate yearning to be thin. This yearning was partially driven by knowing that, in our fat-phobic society, being thin...

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