Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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2 papers

On orthorexia nervosa: A review of the literature and proposed diagnostic criteria

Thomas M. Dunn, Steven Bratman
Eating Behaviors Summary & key facts 2015 596 citations

Orthorexia describes an extreme fixation on “healthy” eating that can harm a person’s health and life. The term was coined in 1997, but orthorexia is not an official diagnosis in the DSM-5‑TR, so how common it is and whether it is its own disorder or part of anorexia or OCD…

Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues Eating Disorders and Behaviors Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Psychedelic use in individuals living with eating disorders or disordered eating: findings from the international MED–FED survey

Sarah-Catherine Rodan, Noah Meez, Sophie Lloyd-Hurwitz, Miguel A. Bedoya‐Pérez, Anastasia Suraev, Natasha Sommer, et al.
Journal of Eating Disorders Summary & key facts 2025 1 citation

This study analysed answers from 5,247 adults with diagnosed or self-reported eating disorders about their use of psychedelic drugs. About one third (32.4%) had ever used psychedelics and 19.4% had used them in the past year. Users most often took psilocybin or LSD only once or twice per year. People…

Psychedelics and Drug Studies Tea Polyphenols and Effects Tryptophan and brain disorders
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