Child and Adolescent

Indoor Tanning Can Lead to Eating Disorders in Children

Indoor tanning can lead to eating disorders in children
Kid-type2-diabetes Schoolchildren using indoor tanning may develop unhealthy weight control behaviours such as taking diet pills or vomiting to lose weight, an alarming study said. The association between indoor tanning and… Continue reading

Teenage Boy Finally Hits Puberty at 17 After Battle With Anorexia

Teenage boy finally hits puberty at 17 after battle with anorexia
Within a month he had dropped another 5lbs and was taken back to the doctors, who referred him with a suspected eating disorder to CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental… Continue reading

Night Sweats and Eating Disorders…?

Question by bob: night sweats and eating disorders…?
ok i started having night sweats last month for like 3-4 days and then they stopped. 2 days ago, i started having them again. i sorta have a problem with… Continue reading

National Eating Disorders Week: How Parental Behavior May Impact a Child's

National Eating Disorders Week: How Parental Behavior May Impact A Child's
As National Eating Disorders Week begins, (Feb 23-March 1), it's a good opportunity to raise awareness of these devastating disorders, not only affecting individuals but significantly impacting loved… Continue reading

Why Nutrition Is So Confusing

Why nutrition is so confusing
Since the 1960s, nutrition science has been dominated by two conflicting observations. One is that we know how to eat healthy and maintain a healthy weight. The other is that the rapidly increasing rates of… Continue reading

How Depression Affects Men vs. Women

How depression affects men vs. women
A growing body of evidence is now showing there are marked gender differences in the expression and course of depression as well as in response to conventional treatments. Although the diagnostic definition of depression… Continue reading

Treatment of Depression in Children 'Needs Improving'

Treatment of depression in children 'needs improving'
NICE wants children and young people referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) with suspected severe depression and who are believed to be at high risk of suicide to be seen… Continue reading

Trying New Things

Trying New Things
This nutrition and eating disorder specialist offers encouragement for disordered eaters to ease into some new food territory. Featuring Juliet Zuercher, RD.


 

 

Back to school is time to look for eating disorders
Eating disorders affect… Continue reading

Psychotropic Drug Prescribing in an Australian Specialist Child and Adolescent

Psychotropic drug prescribing in an Australian specialist child and adolescent
To describe the rates, indications, and adverse effects of psychotropic drug prescription in a specialist tertiary hospital child and adolescent eating disorder service. Methods: Retrospective case note study of… Continue reading

A Multimodal Approach for Postoperative Pain Management After Lumbar Decompression Surgery: A Prospective, Randomized Study.

A multimodal approach for postoperative pain management after lumbar decompression surgery: a prospective, randomized study.

J Spinal Disord Tech. 2013 Aug; 26(6): 291-7
Garcia RM, Cassinelli EH, Messerschmitt PJ, Furey CG, Bohlman HH

A prospective and randomized study.The objective… Continue reading