Articles sur Anorexia Nervosa

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26 juillet 2017

To The Bone: Why Netflix’s portrayal of eating disorders has got it all wrong

Su Holmes, University of East Anglia

Netflix's new film To The Bone simplifies the social causes of anorexia.

In Australia, there is little regulation of pro-ana material. Shutterstock

22 juin 2017

Should ‘pro-ana’ websites be criminalised in Australia?

Tomas Fitzgerald, University of Notre Dame Australia et Marilyn Bromberg, University of Western Australia

Criminalising websites that celebrate extreme, unhealthy thinness is deeply problematic.

Eating disorders are among the leading causes of hospitalisation for mental-health-related issues in Australia. from shutterstock.com

8 mai 2017

Therapy for life-threatening eating disorders works, so why can’t people access it?

Richard Newton, University of Melbourne

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has asked the Medicare review taskforce to consider increasing the number of subsidised mental health sessions for those with eating disorders. Why is that necessary?

Labor MP Mark Butler, speaking on Q&A. Q&A

10 octobre 2016

FactCheck Q&A: do eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses?

Zali Yager, Victoria University

Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Mark Butler told Q&A that eating disorders "are the mental illness type which has the highest mortality rate". We check the research.

Many not only feel dissatisfied with their bodies, they actually believe they are heavier than they really are. from shutterstock.com

7 août 2016

Size is largely in the mind: how your body image can change in two minutes

Kevin Brooks, Macquarie University

Staring at one thing for a long time can cause you to see the next thing in the opposite fashion. This neural adaptation could be the underlying physiological basis of body-size misperception.

Anorexia is often seen as an assertion of autonomy and control by a young woman who is engaged in a battle with her family and therapists. Mary Lock/Flickr

27 avril 2016

Disease evolution: the origins of anorexia and how it’s shaped by culture and time

Dominic Murphy, University of Sydney

Young women (and men) have been dramatically restricting their calorie intake for centuries, but not all the symptoms of modern anorexia have always been present.

Jessica McClelland delivering rTMS to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. King's College London

24 mars 2016

Brain stimulation helps people with anorexia, new study suggests

Jessica Mcclelland, King's College London

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is an approved treatment for depression. A new study suggests that it may be effective at treating anorexia too.

24 août 2015

When people don’t take your eating disorder seriously, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy

Gareth Lyons, University of Salford

Anorexia and bulimia only account for around half of eating disorders yet too often they're the only ones we take seriously.

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Tracey Wade
Professor of Psychology, Flinders University
Dominic Murphy
Director, Unit for History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney
Kevin Brooks
Associate Professor in Human Visual Perception, Macquarie University
Zali Yager
Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, Victoria University
Tomas Fitzgerald
Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Notre Dame Australia
Gareth Lyons
PhD candidate in marketing and men's health, University of Salford
Jessica Mcclelland
Researcher, King's College London
Richard Newton
Associate Professor, University of Melbourne
Marilyn Bromberg
Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Western Australia
Su Holmes
Reader in TV Studies, University of East Anglia