A5025276517- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
- Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
Cornell University
2015-2024
University of Utah
2023
Virginia Commonwealth University
2023
Huntsman (United States)
2023
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
2022
New York Hospital Queens
2009-2020
NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital
2009-2020
Presbyterian Hospital
2007-2020
Massachusetts General Hospital
2019
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
2018
Synopsis A survey of 355 college students was carried out to determine the prevalence psychiatric disorder bulimia (the binge-eating syndrome). Results indicate that, within normal population, 13% experienced all major symptoms as outlined in DSM-III. Within bulimic 87% were females (19% female population) and males (5% male population). Although self-induced vomiting may accompany other bulimia, results suggest that is not a necessary symptom for diagnosis. significant relationship between...
• The comorbidity of psychiatric diagnoses was examined with the Diagnostic Interview Schedule in 62 women who participated a 10-year follow-up study anorexia nervosa. Sixty-two age- and sex-matched controls, their parents, parents anorectic probands were also interviewed Schedule. There statistically significant affective anxiety disorders first-degree relatives had significantly more alcoholism total number compared controls. two mothers bulimia nervosa, cases nervosa other probands, no eating
• Among the various eating patterns encountered in anorexia nervosa, occurrence of bulimia (rapid consumption large amounts food a short period time) is perplexing phenomenon, because its presence contradicts common belief that patients with nervosa are always firm their abstinence from food. We studied habits 105 hospitalized female within context prospective treatment study on nervosa: 53% had achieved weight loss by consistently fasting, whereas 47% periodically resorted to bulimia. The...
Synopsis The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID and SCID II) was administered to 105 eating disorder in-patients in order examine rates of comorbid psychiatric disorders the chronological sequence which these developed. Eighty-six patients, 81·9% sample, had Axis I diagnoses addition their disorder. Depression, anxiety substance dependence were most common diagnoses. Anorexic restrictors significantly more likely than bulimics (all subtypes) develop before other conditions....
The clinical course and outcome of anorexia nervosa are presented in a 10-year follow-up study 76 severely ill females with who met specific diagnostic criteria had participated well-documented hospital treatment study. Information was obtained on 100% the subjects. A comprehensive assessment made 93% living subjects categories weight, eating weight control behaviours, menstrual function, anorexic attitudes, psychological, sexual, social vocational adjustment. Five died, which gives crude...
Abstract Objective: Excessive exercise and motor restlessness are observed in a substantial number of patients with eating disorders. This trait has been studied extensively among animal models activity anorexia nervosa (AN) may hold particular interest as an endophenotype for AN. We explored features associated excessive across subtypes Method: Participants were female probands affected relatives from the multi‐site international Price Foundation Genetic Studies diagnoses AN, bulimia (BN),...
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious disorder with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Family-based treatment (FBT) an evidence-based therapy for adolescent AN, but less than half those who receive this approach recover. Hence, it important to identify other approaches prevent the development chronic form AN which there no known treatment.To compare FBT systemic family (SyFT) adolescent-onset AN.Research in Nervosa (RIAN) 2-group (FBT SyFT) randomized trial conducted between September 2005...
Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, and nonfatal suicide attempts, which occur far more frequently, are major source disability social economic burden. Both have substantial genetic etiology, partially shared distinct from that related psychiatric disorders.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the role perfectionism as a phenotypic trait in anorexia nervosa and its relevance across clinical subtypes illness. METHOD: Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale subscale Eating Disorder Inventory were administered 322 women with history who participating an international, multicenter genetic nervosa. All participants additionally interviewed Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Yale-Brown-Cornell Scale. Mean differences on dependent measures...
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to discover clinically useful predictors attrition and outcome in the treatment bulimia nervosa with cognitive behavior therapy. METHOD: Pretreatment, course treatment, data were gathered on 194 women meeting DSM-III-R criteria for who treated 18 sessions manual-based therapy a three-site study. Differences between dropouts nondropouts recovered nonrecovered participants first examined descriptively, signal detection analyses then used determine...
<h3>Context</h3> There have been very few randomized controlled treatment studies of anorexia nervosa. <h3>Objective</h3> To evaluate factors leading to nonacceptance and noncompletion for 2 specific therapies their combination in the <h3>Design</h3> Randomized prospective study. <h3>Setting</h3> Weill-Cornell Medical Center, White Plains, NY; University Minnesota, Minneapolis; Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. <h3>Patients</h3> One hundred twenty-two patients...
OBJECTIVE: The course of anorexia nervosa often includes the emergence bulimic symptoms and a crossover to full syndrome bulimia nervosa. However, clinicians’ ability predict who will develop is limited. converse phenomenon, from nervosa, has not been investigated as thoroughly. authors identified factors that are associated with METHOD: All participants were International Price Foundation Genetic Study. Two groups studied. first comprised 88 individuals an initial diagnosis whom 32...
• Patients with anorexia nervosa have concurrent problems of emaciation and depression. Therefore, treatment medications affecting both weight gain depression seemed reasonable. Seventy-two anorectic patients were randomly assigned in a double-blind study to receive cyproheptadine hydrochloride, weight-inducing drug, amitriptyline tricyclic antidepressant, or placebo. Overall, had marginal effect on decreasing the number days necessary achieve normal weight. There was differential drug...
A comprehensive chart study was made of numerous clinical and demographic features in 94 patients with anorexia nervosa. Unlike other large series, this survey included the pediatric age group. significantly greater maternal paternal at time patient's birth a incidence both low high weights compared general population found. relatively occurrence premorbid feeding problems present. Anxiety obsessive-compulsive traits were frequent symptoms. Precipitating events identified more frequently...
Article Abstract Background: Eating disorders and alcohol use (AUDs) commonly co-occur, although the patterns of comorbidity differ by eating disorder subtype. Our aim was to explore nature comorbid relation between AUDs in a large phenotypically well-characterized group individuals. Method: We compared diagnostic personality profiles 97 women with lifetime anorexia nervosa only, 282 bulimia 293 history both or binge (ANBN) (DSM-IV criteria). All individuals were participants multicenter...
Abstract Objective The diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia (BN), and binge eating disorder (BED) establish symptom severity levels, which are used to separate full cases from partial cases. However, the value of these distinctions is unclear. Method Three hundred eighty‐five women with or AN, BN, BED were assessed at entry into a longitudinal study disorders. Results Stepwise discriminant analysis revealed that BN discriminated by Yale‐Brown‐Cornell Eating Disorders Scale...
Abstract Objective Obsession and compulsions in anorexia nervosa (AN) patients are often confused with the preoccupations rituals that characteristic of obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD). We examined type frequency OCD obsessions a large sample AN patients. Method In personal interviews 324 patients, we assessed lifetime histories eating symptomatology behaviors valid semistructured interviews. Checklist category sums on Yale‐Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale were compared between subjects...
Perfectionism and obsessionality are core features of eating disorders (ED), yet the nature their relation remains unknown. Understanding between these traits may enhance our ability to identify relevant behavioral endophenotypes for ED.Six-hundred seven individuals with anorexia bulimia nervosa from International Price Foundation Genetic Study were assessed perfectionism, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), (OCD).No differences found across ED subtypes in prevalence OCPD OCD,...
Background. Previous studies of personality characteristics in women with eating disorders primarily have focused on who are acutely ill. This study compares among ill disorders, recovered from and those without or other Axis I disorder pathology. Method. Female participants were assessed for using the Temperament Character Inventory (TCI): 122 anorexia nervosa (AN; 77 ill, 45 recovered), 279 bulimia (BN; 194 85 267 lifetime histories both (AN+BN; 73 63 not otherwise specified (EDNOS; 31 32...
The authors conducted a systematic examination of DSM-III-R personality disorders among 35 patients with eating disorders. Fifty-seven percent the met criteria for at least one axis II diagnosis; borderline, self-defeating, and avoidant were most frequently assigned Forty given two or more diagnoses, 17% five to seven diagnoses. No differences found between anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa in distribution diagnoses frequency which individual (traits) assigned.