Purging behaviors (vomiting or misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas) can also shift from conscious decisions to ...

While 150 minutes of weekly exercise and "clean eating" are gold standards for health, a 2025 American Psychiatric ...

Trying to be healthy should help, not hurt. Experts told Newsweek, when good habits go too far, they can contribute to anxiety.

Lily Collins discussed how she felt about publicly sharing her struggles with an eating disorder, calling it "one of the most ...

Lily Collins discussed how she felt about publicly sharing her struggles with an eating disorder, calling it "one of the most ...

New motherhood can be overwhelmingly joyful, and overwhelmingly difficult. Strong Like Mum founder Shakira Akabusi recounts her own battle with maternal anxiety, and how she forged a path to recovery ...

A new study revealed that certain brain regions are more active in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) during cognitively demanding tasks. The findings could help inform new ways in which ...

The narrative review by Zaboski et al. (1) provides a timely and valuable synthesis of the application of deep learning (DL) to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The authors effectively argue for ...

Eating disorders have one of the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric illness. Yet many therapists are not thoroughly trained to assess for them. Here is the reality: It is very likely that ...

Olympians – athletes at the top of their sport and in prime health – are idolised and often viewed as superhuman. These athletes spend their lives focusing on building physical strength through ...

A key technique of cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder is interoceptive exposure, where patients learn to tolerate the physical effects of panic attacks through repeated simulated exposure ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Emily Hemendinger, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (THE CONVERSATION) ...