Janet Treasure

..Gradually these forces cause family members to accommodate to the illness or be drawn in to enable some of the core symptoms...

..Insula hyperactivation along with ACC hypoactivation may be critical for altered interoceptive awareness to body self-comparison and/or for altered implicit motivation to thin-idealized body images in AN patients...

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..The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of family therapy and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) guided self-care in adolescents with bulimia nervosa or eating disorder not otherwise specified...

..This is in keeping with observations of similarities between the disorders...

..Addressing carers' needs may impact on prognostic outcome. The aim was to explore and model factors associated with distress in parents of people with AN (N = 151)...

..Small scale studies point to difficulties with cognitive set-shifting as a basis. Using larger scale studies will lend robustness to these data...

..Carers of people with anorexia nervosa experience significant levels of distress. This may contribute to unhelpful behaviours which maintain the illness...

..These findings support current explanatory models of both AN and CFS, and suggest that emotional processing should be addressed in the assessment and treatment of individuals with these illnesses...

..The second aim was to examine whether could replicate the findings of (Uehara et al., Compr Psychiatr, 42, 132-138, 2001) regarding a reduction in EE in association with a psycho-educational intervention...

..Patients with eating disorders favor immediate gratification and ignore long-term negative consequences. This study investigated decision making in bulimia nervosa using the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and skin conductance responses (SCR)...

..The intervention provides information and promotes skills development in managing the illness. Carers were also offered professional support...

..We aimed to determine the role of maternal anxiety and depression in mediating the risk for feeding difficulties in infants of women with ED...

..We wanted to know whether adolescents with eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) differ from those with bulimia nervosa (BN) in clinical features, comorbidity, risk factors, treatment outcome or cost...

..SEM was used because it is sensitive to motivational states of approach (appetitive response) and withdrawal (aversive response), which are independent of conscious intentional control...

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..The potential utility of this measure in future retrospective and prospective research studies is highlighted...

..This study aimed to investigate the specific risk factors, correlates, and markers associated with the development of symptomatology of early-onset BN and subclinical BN...

..This study aimed to explore the factor structure of cognitive and social emotional functioning and to investigate whether a particular cognitive or social emotional profile was associated with a more severe and chronic form of illness...

..Qualitative methods can aid in the development of complex interventions...

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..The main aim of this study was to develop a valid and specific scale to measure family accommodation in the context of having a relative with an eating disorder...

..To assess whether medical nurses can deliver motivational enhancement therapy (MET) and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to a competent level and whether treatment fidelity is maintained...

..To determine the impact of pregnancy on eating disorders (ED) symptoms using data from a large prospective, community-based cohort study...

..Brain networks associated with anxiety induced by self-comparison to slim images may be involved in the genesis of body dissatisfaction and hence with vulnerability to eating disorders...

..Maternal EDs during pregnancy are likely to have important long-term biological effects on the foetus. Further research needs to clarify potential biological risk mechanisms highlighted in this review...

..Decision making is impaired in female patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), but it is unclear if the same impairment is present in male patients with AN...

..This study aims to evaluate a novel and brief skills-based therapy for in-patients with anorexia nervosa, which addressed 'cold' and 'hot' cognition...

..The aim of this study was to develop a measure to assess the specific caregiving burden of both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. A secondary aim was to examine whether this measure was sensitive to change...

..These results indicate that pathological personality features in AN are persistent traits, although some features may become exaggerated in the acute phase...

..Neither of these features are found in recovered AN. The association between impaired decision making ability and a decreased autonomic response is consistent with the predictions of the Somatic Marker Hypothesis...

..This paper reviews information processing of food stimuli (words, pictures) in people with eating disorders (ED)...

..This supports the hypothesis that individuals with anorexia have a positive bias toward local detail processing, indicative of weak central coherence...

..However, there are no direct comparison studies. This study aimed to compare the cognitive profile of AN against published ASD data on tasks measuring empathy, executive function and central coherence...

..This study aimed to provide preliminary extensions of this data by examining how different levels of appetitive restraint impact on brain volume...

..Women with eating disorders (EDs) are reported to have strengths in local or detailed information processing and difficulties with coherence or global processing/integration...

..Generating more research using behavioural measures may increase understanding of the findings...

..The aim was to compare EE, measured with a self report tool, in parents of people with AN (carers; N = 151) with that of parents of healthy people (controls; N = 93), and to explore factors associated with EE...

..This study suggests high punishment sensitivity and low reward reactivity/sensitivity might form a personality cluster associated with the risk of developing an ED...

..It is uncertain whether these deficits result from starvation and to what extent they might be reversed by weight gain alone. These deficits may need to be targeted in treatment...

..The present study aimed to investigate the presence of obsessive-compulsive beliefs and magical ideation (MI) in a group of eating-disordered participants...

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..These results are indicative of weak coherence. The finding that weak coherence is a stable characteristic rather than a state effect suggests that it may be an endophenotype for ED...

..The findings support models of AN which suggest that difficulties with emotional processing, particularly around anger are associated with AN. Future work could explore these initial findings in a larger sample...

..This is given in the form of an educational workshop for two families...

..The aim of this case report was to describe the use of a virtual reality (VR) programme developed to facilitate exposure to food as a supplement to treatment for a person with AN...

..This model departs from other models of AN in that it does not emphasize the role of weight and shape-related factors in the maintenance of AN; that is, it is culture-free. Implications for clinical practice and research are discussed...

..Participants with an eating disorder without GAD scored higher on all components compared to healthy controls. Findings extend our understanding of shared vulnerability factors between the eating disorders and GAD...

..This study aimed to examine these factors in a group of women following long-term recovery from AN...

..This study examined beliefs about emotions, emotional tolerance and avoidance and emotion suppression to preserve relationships in recovered AN patients. It also explored whether beliefs about emotion are related to emotional avoidance...

..Overall, as the available data are inconclusive, further efforts in this field are warranted...

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..Supplemental telephone coaching was also offered...

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..To understand the cause and consequence of hippocampal size and function, it will be important to integrate endocrine, neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies...

..Finally, we consider how this approach may map onto treatment. For example, it may be necessary to have specific modules tailored to the relevant moderating and mediating factors...

..Although psychological issues can interfere with diabetes care, the effectiveness of psychological treatments in improving diabetes outcomes is uncertain...

..To examine central coherence (local and global processing) in women with anorexia nervosa (AN)...

..All patients' weight increased after 3 months. Using a vodcast to support patients during meal times may be a useful addition to treatment for anorexia nervosa...

..The aim of this study was to examine predictors of carers' distress and caregiving appraisals using a model of caregiving adapted from the previous literature...

..To examine feeding patterns and growth in the first year of life in infants of women with eating disorders in a population-based cohort...

..The short nature and promising results of this intervention make it an attractive addition to current treatment programmes...

..The aim of the present study was to evaluate the addition of personalized feedback to a guided cognitive-behavioural (CBT) self-help programme for patients with bulimia nervosa...

..The powerful anorexigenic effect of CRH could contribute to the severity of weight loss associated with AN...

..CONCLUSION: The P-CED is a useful tool for identifying the positive and negative aspects of eating disorders that can be targeted in treatment or used as an outcome measure in research...

..Careful planning of service provision, reflective practice, supervision and regular team feedback is essential to prevent iatrogenic harm...

..CONCLUSION: This study suggests that the SMS-based intervention would benefit from further adaptation to make it a more useful tool for the aftercare of patients after outpatient treatment for bulimia nervosa...

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..These imaging techniques allow researchers to study not only the configuration of brain structures but also aspects of normal and anomalous human behavior more accurately...

..Overall, apart from studies reporting pharmacological treatments for binge eating disorder, advances in treatment for adults have been scarce, other than interest in new forms of treatment delivery...