Anorexia athletica is a subtype of anorexia that causes excessive exercise and dieting in the context of a sport. It is particularly prevalent in elite and weight-conscious sports such as gymnastics ...

Robert Radin suffered from anorexia back in the late ′70s and early ′80s, an era when the most visible representation of those with the illness were affluent young white women like Karen Carpenter. In ...

Tens of millions of adults and teens in the U.S. are affected by a wide range of mental health disorders. The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health notes that some of the most common ones include ...

A recent article published in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry by an international group of expert clinicians and researchers offers one of the clearest and most ethically grounded ...

Adolescent-onset anorexia nervosa is associated with significantly lower likelihood of full-time employment over a 30-year period, higher long-term health care utilization, and increased reliance on ...