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Albert J. ("Mickey") Stunkard (February 7, 1922 – July 12, 2014) was an American psychiatrist. He is known for his first descriptions of binge eating disorder and night eating syndrome in the 1950s. [1] [2]
David Herzog (born October 18, 1946) is an American expert on eating disorders research and treatment. [1] He was one of the first doctors to advocate that treatments for bulimia, anorexia and other eating disorders include both psychotherapy and medical and nutritional monitoring, [2] as well as careful follow up after patients recover. [3]
Friedman earned a B.A. in 1978 from Duke University and his M.D. in 1982 from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. [1] In the 1980s, he was a psychiatrist at Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic and is a professor [ambiguous] at Weill Cornell Medical College. [4]
A 2022 study found that Medicare beneficiaries with eating disorders had higher rates of other chronic conditions, including heart arrhythmias. arthritis, and thyroid conditions, compared to ...
Orthorexia is not officially recognized in the DSM-5 (the handbook for diagnosing mental disorders), but it’s an eating disorder that has risen significantly over the past few years, according ...
From 2018 through mid-2022, visits among people younger than 17 jumped 107.4% across all eating disorders. (Trilliant Health)
Hilde Bruch (March 11, 1904 – December 15, 1984) was a German-born American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, [1] known foremost for her work on eating disorders and obesity. Bruch emigrated to the United States in 1934.
I went back to school, got a therapist and began eating disorder recovery in earnest. I was 19. Once I could name this invisible war I’d been waging against myself, I couldn’t help but feel ...