ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2017
Update on Psychological Trauma, Other Severe Adverse Experiences and Eating Disorders: State of the Research and Future Research Directions.
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- A Systematic Review of the Effect of PTSD and Trauma on Treatment Outcomes for Eating Disorders.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Pooled it
- Non-interpersonal traumatic events in patients with eating disorders: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic events, and longitudinal eating disorder treatment outcomes: A systematic review.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Pooled it
- COVID-19 Pandemic and Eating Disorders: What Can We Learn About Psychopathology and Treatment? A Systematic Review.Current psychiatry reports · 2021Pooled it
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- Women's eating disorder origins as responses to childhood trauma and negative social self: a qualitative study exploring lived experience perspectives.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Nutritional Recovery After Critical Illness: A Qualitative Study of ICU Survivors' Experiences After Hospital Discharge.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026Article
- Editorial: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Disordered Eating Behaviors: Specific Associations and Individual Implications.JAACAP open · 2026Article
- Trauma subgroups among individuals with eating disorders: a latent profile analysis.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Childhood trauma, emotions, and the eating disorder voice.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Personality, Emotion Regulation, and Psychological Distress in Italian Women with Feeding and Eating Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music as a trauma-informed approach in eating disorder treatment: theoretical framework and case illustrations.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessingResearch in psychotherapy (Milano) · 2026Article
- Conceptualising trauma in eating disorders: a reflexive commentary on the role of neglect, iatrogenic harm, and epistemic injury.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- The association between childhood traumatic events and weight restoration in adult anorexia nervosa inpatient treatment: a longitudinal study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- From promise to practice: showcasing the perceived clinical utility of idiographic networks for eating disorders with complex post-traumatic sequelae.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- PTSD Symptoms Are Associated with a Greater Use of Social Camouflaging Strategies in an Eating Disorder Sample with Elevated Autistic Traits.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Adapting CBT-E for the Middle East: addressing regional gaps in eating-disorder treatment.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Christian religion and spirituality in eating disorder development, experience, and recovery: an exploration of lived experience in Australia and New Zealand.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThis paper provides an updated review of the literature on the relationship between psychological trauma exposure, other severe adverse experiences, and eating disorders. RECENT
findingsTrauma exposure and other severe adverse experiences (e.g., emotional abuse) in both childhood and adulthood are associated with eating disorders. The relationship between traumatic and other adverse experiences and eating disorders appears to be mediated by emotional and behavioral dysregulation, as well as by cognitive factors such as self-criticism. Biological vulnerabilities may also be relevant to this relationship. Overall, the literature is limited by predominantly cross-sectional designs. There is clear evidence of a correlational relationship between trauma exposure and other severe adverse events, and eating disorders. Both risk and maintenance factor hypotheses have been put forth; however, prospective research testing these hypotheses remains limited. Future research should use prospective designs and focus on trauma-related symptoms (rather than trauma exposure) in order to advance research on risk and maintaining factors for eating disorders and inform treatment directions.
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