They're tired all the time. They fainted at school. Their blood pressure, body temperature or heart rate are super low.

In this month's episode of Ask the Expert, NorthShore's Behavioral Health Director, Beth Noel discusses the signs and symptoms of an eating disorder, myths, health implications, and how to approach a ...

Theoretical approaches, treatment preferences, and clinician bias all play a role in the ways we understand eating disorders.

Eating disorders are among the many illnesses that are not easily identifiable, making it difficult to recognize who may be struggling and require support. They are complex mental health illnesses ...

Every 52 minutes, someone dies of an eating disorder, making it one of the deadliest mental illnesses. More than 30 million Americans are affected, costing nearly $65 billion dollars a year. This is a ...

What does a person with an eating disorder look like? The picture may not be as clear-cut as many people think. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis led a groundbreaking study with an ...

Editors’ Note: This article discusses suicide and contains details about mental health crises. If you are having thoughts of suicide, or are concerned that someone ...

Eating disorders affect people of all races and ethnicities. However, barriers to healthcare may prevent some racial and ethnic groups from receiving accurate diagnoses and treatment. Eating disorders ...

Kristina Saffran was sent to a rehabilitation facility to fight her eating disorder. After a relapse, she went back. Then she went back twice more, for a total of seven months, over her freshman year ...

The worst moment in Beth T.’s life came on a Thursday afternoon in June 2020, when she got a call from McCallum Place, a residential treatment facility for eating disorders in St. Louis. Beth’s ...