Nocturnal Eating Disorders

June 16, 2022. A goal of my blog is to share information about overlooked eating disorders. In this post, I discuss the neurobiology of nocturnal eating disorders and how they are treated with pharmacotherapy.

Key Points:

• Throughout the night, someone can experience symptoms of multiple nocturnal eating disorders.

• Desynchronization of the body's circadian rhythms might cause night eating syndrome.

• Dysfunction in the brain's reward and motivation processing might cause sleep-related eating disorder.

Read the full article here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-neuroscience-eating-disorders/202206/nocturnal-eating-disorders