The Intersect of Eating Disorders and Binge Drinking – Eating Disorder Resource Center (EDRC)

Eating disorders (EDs) pose a serious threat to physical and mental wellbeing. Anorexia (AN) is characterized by extreme diet restriction and fear of weight gain, bulimia (BN) by vicious binge-purge cycles, and binge eating disorder (BED) by frequent binges, or consuming very large quantities of food while feeling a loss of control over one’s action. Individuals experiencing significant distress and impairment from maladaptive thoughts and behaviors related to eating, food, or body image but who do not meet criteria for AN, BN, or BED may also be diagnosed with Other Specified Eating and Feeding Disorder (OSFED). Moreover, EDs do not always occur in isolation. The complications associated with eating disorders can be exacerbated or prolonged when combined with alcohol misuse and binge drinking. In fact, eating disorders are highly comorbid with substance use disorders, particularly alcohol use disorder.[1] This co-occurrence, however, varies across diagnostic subtypes. For example, research studies have found that individuals with BN may be up to three times more likely to report alcohol misuse problems than women without BN.[2] Among individuals with AN, those with binge-purge subtype endorse higher rates of alcohol abuse (22%) compared to restricting subtype (12%). Research has also identified biological factors that may partly account for the relationship between the two disorders. Recent genetic analyses have observed strong genetic overlap between bulimic behaviors (e.g., binging and purging via vomiting, laxative use, excessive exercise, or diet pills) and problematic alcohol use[3] and alcohol dependence.[4],[5] Brain imaging studies have shown similar patterns of activation in executive control and some reward regions of the brain in alcohol use disorder and BN/BED.[6]

Published on the  on 7.31.17

Written by: Paige J. Trojanowski

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Bipartisan Resolution for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week Introduced in U.S. House of Representatives – Eating Disorder Resource Center (EDRC)

Bipartisan Resolution for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week Introduced in U.S. House of Representatives

On June 29, 2017, Congressman Tim Murphy [R-PA-18] and Congressman G.K. Butterfield [D-NC-1] of the House Energy & Commerce Committee led the introduction of a bipartisan House of Representatives Resolution to create a Congressionally recognized National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. With fortytwo bipartisan U.S. House of Representatives signing-on as original co-sponsors, (H.Res.428) demonstrates a strong Congressional support for raising awareness and understanding of eating disorders.

The Resolution syncs with the eating disorder community’s over two-decade tradition of celebrating the National Eating Disorders Awareness week, designating the last week of February as the recognized week. National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is the largest national campaign that brings public attention to the critical needs of people with eating disorders and their families.

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Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar Disorder: What’s the Difference?

Getting the right diagnosis often isn’t easy for psychiatric conditions. In our field, we don’t yet have biologic tests that can easily define one condition from another. If your blood pressure is 140 over 90, you have hypertension or high blood pressure. In mental health, we have to rely on a description of patterns or symptoms to makes diagnoses. This model is fraught with challenges.

Without a clear biological model to work from, and given the complexity of the human brain, the field has settled upon dividing these descriptions of symptoms into syndromes. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) holds these symptom descriptions in order to help professionals make reliable and consistent diagnoses. This means a social worker in Detroit should make the same diagnosis as a psychiatrist in Boston and a psychologist in Santa Fe. However, the diagnostic process is more complex than just reading symptoms in a DSM.

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Published on the NAMI Blog on 6.12.17
Written by: Ken Duckworth, M.D.

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Lady Gaga Joins Fans in Slamming Body-Shamers for Criticizing her Super Bowl Belly

By pretty much every definition, Lady Gaga looked in supreme shape as she delivered her epic performance at the Super Bowl 51 half-time show. She vaulted off the roof of the NRG Stadium in Houston, then danced her you-know-what off during her 13-minute run through patriotic American classics and her own hit songs, including a burning-down-the-house rendition of “Bad Romance.”

But all some could focus on is what she exposed when she changed into a second Versace outfit that featured sparkly hot pants and a stomach-baring crop top that showed a softly toned abdomen that critics thought wasn’t toned enough. These critics — mostly men apparently — saw a slight belly roll that to them meant she wasn’t a desirably skinny as she should be.

In response to critics, Gaga took to Instagram late Tuesday to say: “I’m proud of my body.” She told fans they should never “cater to anyone or anything to succeed,” and added, “Be relentlessly you. Finally she thanked them for their support.
Written by: Martha Ross

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Why You NEED to Practice Self-Love

February 26th through March 4th represents National Eating Disorder Awareness week. During this week, the general public will likely see articles, tweets and maybe some Facebook posts that will cause them to think for a bit about those suffering from an eating disorder. For those who do suffer however, they’d give anything not to think about their eating disorder for a week.
Not to think about calories, food or exercise. Because for those suffering from an eating disorder, this is not just a week but this is all consuming. It’s what keeps you up at night, regretting what you ate that day or how you can make tomorrow “better.” It’s what drives wedges between family members and ruins the notion of a happy family meal.
Social lives will be impaired as impromptu happy hours and dinners out become the causes of stress, not stress-relievers. Your relationship with exercise? It’s not a means of keeping healthy but rather, simply a method of burning calories. Eating disorders affect every aspect of an individual’s life thus deeming it impossible not to constantly think about.

Written by: Kristin Wentzel

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Барби или супермодели оскорбляют и покровительствуют

Многие люди с расстройством пищевого поведения обнаружат, что это вызвано тем, что Барби или супермодели оскорбляют и покровительствуют. Это психическое заболевание, а не плохой случай тщеславия.

Когда мне было десять лет, у меня была кукла Барби. У меня были копии VHS каждого фильма Диснея, когда-либо сделанного, и стопка журналов Cosmo, которые я украл у своей старшей сестры. Шесть лет спустя у меня была анорексия. Ни одна из этих вещей не связана.

Сегодня вы вряд ли сможете зайти в интернет, не натолкнувшись на агрессивно разозленную статью, осуждающую что-то или кого-то за увековечение «нереалистичных стандартов тела» – это манекен Topshop, пояс для персонажей Диснея или, снова и снова, куклы Барби.

Парадоксально, что в дискуссиях о «нереалистичных телах» настоящие женщины больше всего придерживаются своих фигурок, будь то беспутные знаменитости на Instagram или, чаще всего, вся модельная индустрия.

Автор: Амелия Тейт
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We Cannot Continue to Overlook ‘High-Functioning’ Depression – Eating Disorder Resource Center (EDRC)

I first saw a psychiatrist for my anxiety and depression as a junior in high school. During her evaluation, she asked about my classes and grades. I told her that I had a 4.0 GPA and had filled my schedule with Pre-AP and AP classes. A puzzled look crossed her face. She asked about my involvement in extracurricular activities. As I rattled off the long list of groups and organizations I was a part of, her frown creased further.

Finally, she set down her pen and looked at me, saying something along the lines of, “You seem to be pretty high-functioning, but your anxiety and depression seem pretty severe. Actually, it’s teens like you who scare me a lot.”

Now I was confused. What was scary about my condition? From the outside, I was functioning like a perfectly “normal” teenager. In fact, I was somewhat of an overachiever. I was working through my mental illnesses and succeeding, so what was the problem?

Written by: Amanda Leventhal

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