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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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Glass escalator: Men in female-dominated occupations rise to leadership faster. 69% of nonprofit staff are women; only 62% of CEOs & 52% of board members are women. But more men lead larger orgs. Mean nonprofit revenue for women CEOs=$5.9M; men CEOs=$11.2M
hbr.org/2024/04/more-w…

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🌟 Join us on May 10th for our third Virtual Training session: Moving Forward: Exploring the Role of Movement in Eating Disorder Treatment.

Learn more and register visit: cvent.me/Gx8X0X

🌟 Join us on May 10th for our third Virtual Training session: Moving Forward: Exploring the Role of Movement in Eating Disorder Treatment. Learn more and register visit: cvent.me/Gx8X0X #EatingDisorderRecovery #VirtualTraining #MovementInTreatment
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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

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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.24…
Tiffany Brown

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ANZAED(@ANZAED1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Eating Disorders Alliance ( ), representing six major organisations in and , has expressed grave concerns over the substantial medical risks posed by improperly promoted or prescribed ...

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...
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Developing psychological treatments for psychosis ⁦BJPsych Journals⁩

Brilliant paper about the 10 principles of modern psychological treatment. It applies to other illnesses too cambridge.org/core/journals/…

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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/s4158…

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Join us for Identification, Assessment, and Treatment of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder this Wednesday and Thursday!

To learn more and register: cvent.me/Gx8X0X

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Academy for Eating Disorders(@aedweb) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Research Spotlight:
Explore the connections between celiac disease and eating behavior!
This enlightening study reveals higher psychological distress and altered eating patterns in untreated patients.

Read the article now: hindawi.com/journals/grp/2…

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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 . Academy for Eating Disorders King's College London

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not-to-be-missed study on detection (or lack thereof!) of people with '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.24…

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This International Journal of Eating Disorders pilot reports promising results about online training in interpersonal psychotherapy, one of the evidence-based treatments for . doi.org/10.1002/eat.24…

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Great to see all these educational opportunities. For background, people may find this free online course useful: edx.org/learn/mental-h…

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