Melinda Karth
Eating disorders, chatbot therapy, and the uncanny valley
People with eating disorders can have challenges using chatbots in therapy. These clients often have difficulties with mentalizing or...
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Melinda Karth
Mar 221 min read
Rumination syndrome: A lesser-known eating disorder
Miscommunication between the gut and brain can affect eating behavior. Rumination syndrome is a disorder involving regurgitation of...
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Melinda Karth
Mar 221 min read
"Healthy" orthorexia vs orthorexia nervosa?
Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is an eating disorder centered around an obsession with healthy eating. Healthy orthorexia is a lifestyle...
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Melinda Karth
Mar 221 min read
Treating binge eating with drugs like Ozempic?
Binge eating disorder is the most common eating disorder worldwide and can affect people of diverse weights. Studies show that the...
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Melinda Karth
Mar 221 min read
Relationships between schizophrenia and eating disorders
Schizophrenia is a psychological illness that includes delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking. Eating disorders are...
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Melinda Karth
Mar 221 min read
Hormone therapy: Treating eating disorders in trans people
Transgender individuals feel a disconnect between their preferred gender identity and the gender identity they were assigned at birth....
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Melinda Karth
Mar 211 min read
Ozempic and Wegovy: Is semaglutide a miracle weight loss drug?
Semagultide-containing medications have become popular for weight loss. But will these medications work for everyone? And what are the...
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Melinda Karth
Mar 211 min read
Can uridine improve anorexia treatment?
New research demonstrates that uridine supplementation increases hunger. But, is increasing hunger enough to improve anorexia nervosa...
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Melinda Karth
Mar 211 min read
Treating fear of weight gain with virtual reality
Fear of weight gain is an obstacle to eating disorder recovery. Could virtual reality be a new treatment approach that helps minimize...
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Melinda Karth
Mar 211 min read
COVID-19 inflammation and increases in eating disorders
Inflammation has been identified as a possible side effect of contracting COVID-19. Could this inflammatory response be contributing to...
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Melinda Karth
Mar 211 min read
Using ketamine to treat anorexia
There are currently no FDA-approved drugs for treating anorexia nervosa. Likewise, few pharmaceuticals have shown effectiveness in...
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Melinda Karth
Mar 201 min read
Exploring hunger and fullness hormones in ARFID
In this post, I discuss how dysfunction in hunger and fullness cues could be causing ARFID. Key Points: People with ARFID have atypical...
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Melinda Karth
Mar 201 min read
Nonverbal mirroring and the challenge of eating disorder therapy
In this post, I discuss how deficits in social bonding could reduce the effectiveness of nonverbal mirroring in treating eating...
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Melinda Karth
Mar 201 min read
Where did anorexia stereotypes come from?
In this post, I discuss how 19th-century hysteria, a mysterious group of symptoms observed only in women, led to the misconception that...
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Melinda Karth
Mar 191 min read
Drug treatments for binge eating disorder
This post explores pharmacological treatments for binge eating disorder and the neuroscience of why these drugs are effective. Key...
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Melinda Karth
Mar 191 min read
Body image and the brain
A common stereotype of people with eating disorders is that these individuals are vain and preoccupied with their appearance. In this...
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Melinda Karth
Mar 191 min read
Why we don't know enough about eating disorders in adults
I chose to write about eating disorders in adults because there is ageism in eating disorder research and treatment. Consequently, we...
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Melinda Karth
Mar 191 min read
When it comes to weight loss, it’s not just psychological
With New Year's resolutions we see an uptick in gym membership and diet adverts. These adverts promise that, if we work really hard to...
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Melinda Karth
Mar 191 min read
COVID-19, social isolation, and eating disorder increases
There has been a rise in the number of people seeking treatment for eating disorders since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. I make...
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Melinda Karth
Mar 191 min read
Why we need the eating disorders prevention Act 2020
Few policies support the prevention of eating disorders. In this post, I rely on scientific research to support my argument that eating...
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