Ruth Striegel Weissman
@RuthSWeissman
Professor of Psychology Emerita, Wesleyan University, editor, mentor, mother, mountain girl, lover of sparkly things (she/her)
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Important editorial on 'mindless review papers' by Prof. Sally Thorne, editor of Nursing Inquiry notes 'a great deal of what we really want to know, and what the scholars who produced the original studies wanted to tell us, is gorgeously complex...'
International Journal of Eating Disorders
New International Journal of Eating Disorders paper comparing people with anorexia nervosa (AN) and atypical AN in a
partial-hospitalization setting concludes 'Groups had similar ED treatment trajectories, suggesting more similarities than differences.'
doi.org/10.1002/eat.24β¦
Tiffany Brown
The Eating Disorders Alliance ( #EDA ), representing six major #eatingdisorder organisations in #Australia and #NewZealand , has expressed grave concerns over the substantial medical risks posed by improperly promoted or prescribed #weightlossmedications ...
Developing psychological treatments for psychosis β¦BJPsych Journalsβ©
Brilliant paper about the 10 principles of modern psychological treatment. It applies to other illnesses too cambridge.org/core/journals/β¦
Study of 3,495 social categories (like 'nurse' or 'banker') finds gender bias is more prevalent in images than in text. The underrepresentation of women online is substantially worse in images than in text, public opinion, or US census data. Douglas Guilbeault
nature.com/articles/s4158β¦
Huge congratulations to International Journal of Eating Disorders editorial board member and my longtime colleague Prof. Ulrike Schmidt on this well-earned and extraordinary recognition for her pivotal contributions to advancing the field of #EatingDisorders . Academy for Eating Disorders King's College London
not-to-be-missed study on detection (or lack thereof!) of people with #Eatingdisorders 'revealed a large number of definite ED cases presenting to an acute medical hospital via the emergency department... were not recognized as having an ED.'
doi.org/10.1002/eat.24β¦
This International Journal of Eating Disorders pilot reports promising results about online training in interpersonal psychotherapy, one of the evidence-based treatments for #EatingDisorders . doi.org/10.1002/eat.24β¦