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Perceived utility of genetic counseling for individuals with eating disorders

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  Opportunity to participate in research by Julianne Elizabeth Streukens Eating disorders are complex in how they are caused, developing from a combination of genetic and environmental factors. However, they are frequently perceived as being under the control of those individuals with them, resulting in public blame, dislike, and anger...

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Eating Disorders Wanted: 100 research participants to compare anorexia nervosa types

Wanted: 100 research participants to compare anorexia nervosa types

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Young UK researcher, Katie Linden, needs your help, fast! She wants to gather 100 participants before the end of July to assist her investigation on whether people who have experienced anorexia without body dysmorphia show the same local processing bias as people with more ‘typical’ anorexia. Here is the link. To help interest you...

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Eating Disorders Call for co-scientists in multi family therapy group research for adults

Call for co-scientists in multi family therapy group research for adults

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Starting treatment for Anorexia Nervosa in my 30s, after developing the illness as a child, made for a tough recovery path. Illness effects linger, especially with  interpersonal relationships. I understand why Professor Mary Tantillo calls eating disorders the ‘diseases of disconnection’. Some relationships can be saved and even enriched but others, especially when...

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