Key-Seminal

Source Texts

Here you will find selected key texts on adult eating disorders. Firstly, we have collated general overviews, followed by more in-depth papers and books subdivided by knowledge areas.

Overviews and Summaries

All The Basics of Eating Disorders

Bulik CM, Blake L, Austin J (2019). Genetics of eating disorders: What the clinician needs to know. Psychiatric Clinics, 42, 59-73.
Giel KE, Bulik CM, Fernandez-Aranda F, Hay P, Keski-Rahkonen A, Schag K, Schmidt U, Zipfel S. Binge eating disorder. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2022 Mar17;8(1):16. doi: 10.1038/s41572-022-00344-y. PMID: 35301358.
Hilbert A, Hoek HW, & Schmidt R (2017). Evidence-based clinical guidelines for eating disorders: international comparison. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 30, 423-437.
Treasure J, Duarte TA, Schmidt U. Eating disorders. Lancet. 2020 Mar14;395(10227):899-911. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30059-3. PMID: 32171414.
Treasure J, Zipfel S, Micali N, Wade T, Stice E, Claudino A, Schmidt U, Frank GK, Bulik CM, Wentz E. Anorexia nervosa. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2015 Nov26;1:15074. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2015.74. PMID: 27189821.
Zipfel S, Giel KE, Bulik CM, Hay P, Schmidt U. Anorexia nervosa: aetiology, assessment, and treatment. Lancet Psychiatry. 2015 Dec;2(12):1099-111. doi:10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00356-9. Epub 2015 Oct 27. PMID: 26514083.

Eating Disorders by Scientific Topic

Epidemiology & Comorbidity

Galmiche, M., Dechelotte, P., Lambert, G., & Tavolacci, M. P. (2019). Prevalence of eating disorders over the 2000-2018 period: a systematic literature review. Am J Clin Nutr, 109(5), 1402-1413. doi:10.1093/ajcn/nqy342
Root TL, Pinheiro AP, Thorton L, Strober M, Fernandez-Aranda F, Brandt H, Crawford S, Fichter MM, Halmi KA, Johnson C, Kaplan AS, Klump KL, La Via M, Mitchell J, Woodside DB, Rotondo A, Berrettini WH, Kaye WH, Bulik C. Substance use in women with anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders 2010; 43: 14–21.
van Hoeken, D., & Hoek, H. W. (2020). Review of the burden of eating disorders: mortality, disability, costs, quality of life, and family burden. Current opinion in psychiatry, 33(6), 521

Aetiology

Bulik CM, Blake L, Austin J. Genetics of Eating Disorders: What the Clinician Needs to Know. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2019 Mar;42(1):59-73. doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2018.10.007. PMID: 30704640.
Jacobi, C., Hayward, C., de Zwaan, M., Kraemer, H. C., & Agras, W. S. (2004). Coming to terms with risk factors for eating disorders: application of risk terminology and suggestions for a general taxonomy. Psychological bulletin, 130(1), 19.
Larsen, J. T., Munk-Olsen, T., Bulik, C. M., Thornton, L. M., Koch, S. V., Mortensen, P. B., & Petersen, L. (2017). Early childhood adversities and risk of eating disorders in women: A Danish\ register-based cohort study. Int J Eat Disord\, 50\(12\), 1404-1412\. doi:10.1002/eat.22798.
Stice, E., Onipede, Z. A., & Marti, C. N. (2021). A meta-analytic review of trials that tested whether eating disorder prevention programs prevent eating disorder onset. Clinical psychology review, 87, 102046.

Medical Risk & Complications

Arcelus J, Mitchell AJ, Wales J, et al (2011) Mortality rates in patients with anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders. A meta-analysis of 36 studies. Archives of General Psychiatry, 68: 724–31.
Robinson P, Jones WR (2018) MARSIPAN: Management of Seriously Ill Patients with Anorexia Nervosa. BJPsych Advances; 24(1): pp. 20-32.
Winston AP. The clinical biochemistry of anorexia nervosa. Ann Clin Biochem. 2012 Mar;49(Pt 2):132-43. doi: 10.1258/acb.2011.011185. Epub 2012 Feb 20. PMID: 22349551.

Treatment & Outcomes

Byrne SM, Wade T, Hay P, Touyz S, Fairburn CG, Treasure M, Schmidt U, McIntosuh V, Allen KL, Fursland A, Crosby RD (2017). A randomised controlled trial of three psychological treatments for anorexia nervosa. Psychological Medicine, 29, 1-11.
Fairburn CG, Cooper Z, & Shafran R (2003). Cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders: A “transdiagnostic” theory and treatment. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 41, 509-528.
Flynn M, Austin A, Lang K, Allen K, Bassi R, Brady G, Brown A, Connan F, Franklin‐Smith M, Glennon D, Grant N, Jones WR, Kali K, Koskina A, Mahony K, Mountford V, Nunes N, Schelhase M, Serpell L, Schmidt U (2020) Assessing the impact of First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for Eating Disorders on duration of untreated eating disorder: A multi‐centre quasi‐experimental study. Eur Eat Disorders Rev. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2797
Tan J., Richards L. (2015) Legal and Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Really Sick Patients with Anorexia Nervosa. In: Robinson P., Nicholls D. (eds) Critical Care for Anorexia Nervosa. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08174-8_6
Treasure, J. & Schmidt, U. (2013). The cognitive interpersonal maintenance model of AN revisited: a summary of the evidence for cognitive, socio-emotional and interpersonal predisposing and perpetuating factors. Journal of Eating Disorders, 1:13.
Westmoreland P, Parks L, Lohse K, Mehler P. Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa and Futility: A Time for Every Purpose? Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2021 Dec;44(4):603-611. doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2021.08.003. PMID: 34763793.

Intensive Treatment for Eating Disorders

Kan C, Hawkings YR, Cribben H, Treasure J. Length of stay for anorexia nervosa: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2021 May;29(3):371-392. doi: 10.1002/erv.2820. Epub 2021 Feb 6. PMID: 33548148.

Treatment Predictors, Moderators & Mediators

Wade TD, Allen KL, Crosby RD, Fursland A, Hay P, McIntosh V, Touyz S, Schmidt U, Treasure J, Byrne SM (2021). Outpatient therapy for adult anorexia nervosa: Early weight gain trajectories and outcome. European Eating Disorder Review, 29, 472-481.

Service Models and Implementation, Public Health/Mental Health

Allen KL, Mountford V, Brown A, Richards K, Grant N, Austin A, Glennon D, Schmidt U (2020). First episode rapid early intervention for eating disorders (FREED): From research to routine clinical practice. Early Intervention Psychiatry, 14, 625-630.

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