Cultural Competence in Eating Disorder Care
What is Cultural Competence? Cultural competence in healthcare is “the ability to provide care to patients with diverse values, beliefs…
Internalized Bias in HealthCare
Internalized bias is an “unfair belief, assumption or generalization about an individual or group of people based on personal characteristics…
Family-Based Treatment for Eating Disorders
Family-Based Treatment (FBT) is one of the leading evidence-based treatments for eating disorders among children and adolescents. FBT recognizes the…
Ghrelin Vs. Leptin
Our appetites are regulated by a complex combination of hormones, hunger, and desire.1 Leptin and ghrelin, two hormones that have…
Medications for Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are psychiatric disorders that involve serious medical and nutritional complications.1 Behavioural treatments for eating disorders often begin with…
Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Eating disorders (ED) are becoming more prevalent in younger children and adolescents, creating a significant need for primary care providers…
Eating Disorders in the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community
Please note that we want to be inclusive of all in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, but much of the research presented…
Race, Racism and Eating Disorders
In honour of Black History Month, we would like to focus on the impact of race and racism on eating…
Book Resources
Adolescent-Focused Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa By: James Locke Description From pioneering family-based treatment developer James Lock, this is the first…
Bone Health and Eating Disorders
It is important to remember that the weight of a person includes the weight of their bones. So when an…
