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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

It was as if she left her body'

Dalila's illness had begun about a year earlier. She does not know why she began refusing food, only that she started to see herself differently and could no longer recognise her body as her own.
Health
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Anorexia Nervosa: When Critique Loses Sight of Care

Anorexia nervosa is shaped by culture and competing theories, yet some intensive treatments produce real-world benefits even without a perfect explanatory model.
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fromBuzzFeed
3 months ago
Mental health

I Was Horrified By What A Teacher Asked My Daughter To Do. His Response To Me Was Just As Disturbing.

fromPsychology Today
6 months ago
Mental health

Why Target Weights Usually Hinder Anorexia Recovery

Bodyweight targets are unreliable predictions that promote restrictive behaviors and overlook likely temporary weight overshoot during recovery.
fromBuzzFeed
3 months ago
Mental health

I Was Horrified By What A Teacher Asked My Daughter To Do. His Response To Me Was Just As Disturbing.

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Mental health
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 months ago

Disruptions in This Sixth Sense May Drive Mental Illness

Enhancing interoception via flotation-REST sensory-deprivation floats may reduce distorted body image and underreliance on internal signals in people with anorexia nervosa.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

Weight Goals in Teen Eating Disorder Treatment: Clinical Nuance

Initial goal weights are provisional benchmarks used to monitor early body response to nourishment; weight goals evolve as recovery progresses and are individualized.
philosophy
fromApaonline
9 months ago

APA Member Interview, Anna Boessenkool

Anna Boessenkool examines the interplay between psychoanalysis and phenomenology in understanding childhood and infancy through her dissertation and prior work.
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