by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Dec 30, 2025 | Addiction, Eating Disorders, Psychotherapy, Stress Management
“Food addiction” and compulsive eating disorders (like binge-eating disorder) aren’t just issues of willpower. They’re patterns of behavior driven by brain-reward circuitry, stress biology, emotions, and an environment filled with highly palatable, ultra-processed...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | Jun 14, 2018 | Addiction, Counseling, Eating Disorders, Nutrition, Psychotherapy |
In the United States, 20 million women and 10 million men suffer from a clinically significant eating disorder at some time in their life, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, or EDNOS (eating disorders not otherwise specified). EDNOS,...
by Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. | May 1, 2016 | Anxiety Treatment, Depression, Eating Disorders |
The relatively-new diagnoses of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder were first publicized by the American Psychiatric Association in the 1950s, these types of behaviors have been around for centuries and have even been practiced in ancient...
