Clients want to improve: This is one of several central treatment assumptions in DBT and not one that is widely accepted or believed in general mental health settings. When I present the DBT assumptions in my clinical trainings, it is inevitable for some clinicians to question the validity of this statement: “I don’t think all...
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For anyone who wonders why I advocate so hard for those with eating disorders (EDs), especially in the context of treatment access and with respect to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), this article, in a nutshell, is it: In August 2022, Dr. Davia Barzdaitiene (Consultant Psychiatrist, Norfolk Community Eating Disorders Service) wrote an opinion piece...
We know that eating disorders (EDs) are not choices, but is recovery a choice? I spend a lot of time thinking about this because it has everything to do with how I design treatments and how I work with people in general. What you believe about human behaviour impacts how you engage with others....
All eating disorders are characterized by an inability to properly feed oneself. Difficulties in eating, body image, and digestion are largely rooted in neurobiological and metabolic factors and complicated by sociocultural influences. Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) was officially recognized in the DSM5 in 2013, although researchers had been studying it for several decades prior, so this is...