Germany Releases Revised Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Eating Disorders
Newswise Germany has released a second edition
1 of their S3 guidelines, “Diagnosis and Treatment of Eating Disorders”. Similar to the first edition
2 published in 2010, the second edition includes chapters on epidemiology, diagnostics, the therapeutic relationship, Anorexia Nervosa (AN), Bulimia Nervosa (BN), Binge Eating Disorder (BED), physical sequelae, and methodology. Based on greater recognition of their prevalence during the first half of life, two new eating disorder categories: “other specified feeding or eating disorder” (OSFED; which includes “night eating syndrome”) and “avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder” (ARFID), have been added to replace the old category of “eatings disorders not otherwise specified” (EDNOS). The inclusion of these two disorders is consistent with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
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Inside Mental Health Podcast: Inside Borderline Personality Disorder
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Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a common, yet often misunderstood psychiatric disorder. In this episode, Dr. Joseph W. Shannon describes the hallmarks of BPD, what is required for a formal diagnosis, and explains the best practices for treatment.
Along with being an expert on personality disorders, Dr. Shannon’s work includes training his fellow clinicians on how to diagnose and treat BPD and explains that if they would change their approach, they would get better results.
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It is no secret that the coronavirus pandemic isn’t the first health crisis Pennsylvania has faced in recent years.
Until a never-before-seen disease started to burn around the world last year, there was another epidemic that was discussed on an almost daily basis.
The opioid crisis has killed more than 766,000 people since 1999. Millions more have suffered the effects of addiction, survived overdoses, lost jobs, gone to jail, or had their families shattered by the drugs. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1.27 million are actively receiving medical treatment for their addiction.
Email Once you know the signs someone is high on opioids, you can take the first steps toward getting them help.
Nearly 1 in 3 Americans knows someone who’s addicted to opioids or has been in the past, according to a 2018 poll from the American Psychiatric Association. Opioids can be legally prescribed painkillers such as oxycodone or morphine or illegal street drugs, such as heroin or street fentanyl. About 80% of heroin users began with prescription opioids, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Learning the signs of opioid intoxication meaning someone is high on opioids could be the first step toward helping a loved one who’s living with opioid addiction.
North Carolina Legislative Watch
Fighting for the rights of LGBTQ North Carolinians has never been more crucial than at this time. Recently, three
municipalities have adopted non-discrimination ordinances after the sundowning occurred on HB2/HB142 that
restricted such actions. HB2/HB142 became an international embarrassment to the state’s reputation. (Photo Credit: dusica69 via Adobe Stock)
During the week of Jan. 10, three towns in Orange County passed LGBTQ-inclusive non-discrimination ordinances, the first since a state ban on such local protections expired last month.
The move by the towns of Hillsborough, Carrboro and Chapel Hill signals the willingness of progressive communities to wade back into a civil rights fight that exploded in 2016 with the North Carolina General Assembly’s passage of House Bill 2. That controversial state law excluded lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from statewide nondiscrimination protections and ignited a political fight