Book Review: Hunger: A Memoir of (my) Body, by Roxane Gay
BY: Katherine Schaumberg, PhD DATE: 21 November 2017 In the genre of memoirs about food and eating, Professor Roxane Gay’s recent release “Hunger: a Memoir of (my) Body,” provides a […]
Category Archives: Commentary
BEDA 2017: A Recap
BY: Christine Peat, PhD DATE: 10 November 2017 The Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) recently held its 8th annual conference in Brooklyn, New York from November 2nd-4th. The theme of […]
WCPG 2017: A Recap
BY: Jessica Baker, PhD DATE: 6 November 2017 The annual conference for the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG) was held October 13th-17th in Orlando, Florida with the theme: […]
Examining Barriers to Eating Disorder Treatment in People of Color
BY: Rachel Uri DATE: 10 October 2017 Historically, research examining eating disorders has focused largely on study samples of White/Caucasian women. Although the prevalence of eating disorder psychopathology is similar […]
EDRS 2017: A Recap
BY: Katherine Schaumberg, PhD DATE: 27 September 2017 The annual conference for the Eating Disorders Research Society (EDRS) was held on September 14-16th in Leipzig, Germany. EDRS is focused on […]
Tolerating Uncertainty
BY: Katherine Schaumberg, PhD DATE: 13 September 2017 In recent years, one concept that has received support as a risk factor for many psychological difficulties, including some eating disorders, is […]
