Researchers ask if we feel differently about ourselves since video-chat explosion
February 1, 2021 SHARE Are we less satisfied with our appearances since the dawn of the Age of Zoom? Research from Washington University in St. Louis tackles the question. (Image: Shutterstock)
Most people wouldn’t sit in front of a mirror for hours a day, checking themselves out, but the COVID-19 pandemic has found many doing just that.
Video chatting services such as Zoom have become a common way to keep in touch with friends, family and co-workers. But it’s also forced people to sit face-to-face with themselves with a clear view of every pimple, every wrinkle and every awkward expression they’d otherwise never see.
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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Before committing to a resolution to lose weight, reevaluate your mindset and motivations. Give your body grace after a year of coping with isolation and a pandemic.
Researchers study how anorexia nervosa modifies body awareness
People with anorexia nervosa have a distorted relationship with the dimensions of their body. A study by the team at the Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at LWL University Hospital at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) has shown that, in addition to the conscious body image, what is known as the body schema – unconscious body awareness – is also distorted.
It normally adapts to the current situation. In patients with anorexia, it could remain at the same level as before the start of the illness. The researchers led by Professor Martin Diers recommend a combination of cognitive behavioral therapy and the use of virtual reality to correct the distorted body schema. The study is published in the