Dr. Roberto Olivardia is a Clinical Instructor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School and Assistant Psychologist at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. He maintains a private psychotherapy ...

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Author Jennette McCurdy talks about her experience with eating disorder recovery. Every week, a ...

In this interview, I asked Charlotte Markey, Ph.D., a body image expert and fellow Psychology Today blogger ("Smart People Don't Diet"), about the following timely topics: The role that social media ...

The triggers for midlife eating disorders look different than they do for younger women.

For years, eating disorders were thought to predominantly affect women and girls. But it’s estimated that 1 in 3 people with the condition is male, and that 10 million American boys and men will ...

UnityPoint Health– Robert Young Center is offering specialized eating disorder care to the Quad Cities with the launch of the ...

People often associate eating disorders with females. However, eating disorder behaviors, such as fasting, purging, and having a preoccupation with body image, can also affect males. The desire to ...

Kerry Washington is opening up about her mental health struggles, including an eating disorder that previously had her contemplating suicide. The typically private actor — whose memoir, “Thicker Than ...

Sleep-eating disorders, like nocturnal eating syndrome (NES) and sleep-related eating disorder (SRED), may cause people to eat more than they desire at night. However, treatments are available. There ...

New research finds that binge-eating disorder symptoms may persist longer than once believed, finding 61 percent and 45 percent of individuals still experienced binge-eating disorder 2.5 and 5 years ...

Insurers are using loopholes in a mental health parity law to get around paying for expensive in-patient care ...

Obesity is a health condition, but it does not fall under the category of eating disorder. However, certain eating disorders may lead to a person developing obesity. Doctors consider obesity not an ...