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Eating Disorder Maintaining Factors Bridget Engel, Psy.D., Natalie Staats Reiss, Ph.D., and Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. Feb 2, 2007 While there are a variety of factors that can trigger an eating disorder, additional factors often help to maintain disordered behavior once it begins. Indeed, once a disorder develops, the resulting changes can cause additional factors that maintain a debilitating pattern. The elements that initiate a disorder are not always the same things that keep it going. Eating Disorder Mindsets Dysfunctional thinking…

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Mary C. Zanarini, Ed.D.,1,2Charlotte A. Reichman, M.A.,1Frances R. Frankenburg, M.D.,1,3D. Bradford Reich, M.D.,1,2 and Garrett Fitzmaurice, Sc.D.1,2 Author information ►Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Int J Eat Disord See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. Abstract Objective The purpose of this study was to describe the longitudinal course of eating disorders in patients with borderline personality disorder. Method The SCID I was administered to 290 borderline…

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According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Eating Disorders: At least 30 million people of all ages and genders suffer from an eating disorder in the United States. Every 62 minutes at least one person dies as a direct result of an eating disorder. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. Much research has been done on personality disorders and how they are likely shaping corresponding styles of eating pathology. Eating disorders (EDs)…

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Contributor: Nancy Staycer, LCSW, Clinical Director, Montecatini Eating Disorder Treatment Center When I was in college pursuing my bachelor’s in Psychology, I heard that many clinicians avoided working with clients with borderline personality disorder, believing they were too difficult. Eight years after graduating, I began working with clients with eating disorders and learned that up to 53.8% of patients with borderline personality disorder also meet criteria for an eating disorder, and up to 21.7% of patients with borderline personality disorder…

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Clin Psychol Rev. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2011 Dec 1. Published in final edited form as: Clin Psychol Rev. 2010 Dec; 30(8): 1040–1048. Published online 2010 Aug 14. doi:  10.1016/j.cpr.2010.08.001 PMCID: PMC2952668 NIHMSID: NIHMS229696 Angela Fang and Stefan G. Hofmann Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Clin Psychol Rev See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. Abstract Social anxiety disorder (SAD) and body…

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See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49772969   Article · January 2010 Source: PubMed   4 authors, including: Tamika Zapolski Indiana University-Purdue University Indianap… 40 PUBLICATIONS 634 CITATIONS Melissa Cyders Indiana University-Purdue University Indianap… 83 PUBLICATIONS 3,195 CITATIONS   Published in final edited form as: Indep Pract. 2010 ; 30(1): 20–23.     Borderline Personality Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, Antisocial Personality Disorder, ADHD, Substance Use: Common Threads, Common Treatment Needs, and the Nature of Impulsivity Tamika C….

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