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(Image from: UCSF study turns anorexia treatment on its head, SF Gate, Sep. 2013)

2023

Barriers to Care For Eating Disorders, Eating Disorders Review, 2023

2022

"All About Anxiety (& Eating Disorders) - Erin Reilly, PhD", Picture Blurrfect Podcast, Jan. 2022

What Is ‘Bigorexia’?, New York Times, Mar. 2022

2021

2020

When Teen Boys Use Supplements, New York Times, May 2020

2019

Teen Boys' Eating Disorders May Focus on Muscles, not Weight Loss, Reuters, Jun. 2019

2018

Binging, purging and fasting more common in overweight, obese young adults, UCSF News Center, Jun. 2018

Drs. Le Grange and Lock debunking Maudsley Myths, NEW PLATES Podcast

2016

The hidden risk of eating disorders in guys, US News and World Report, Nov. 2016

2015

Teens with bulimia recover faster when parents are included in treatment, UCSF News Center, Sep. 2015

2014

'Successful diet' may mask eating disorders, SF Gate, Dec. 2014

Anorexia Study: Get focus off weight, Chicago Tribune 

The treatment of adolescent eating disorders, Psychiatric Times, Feb. 2014

2013

UCSF study turns anorexia treatment on its head, SF Gate, Sep. 2013

2012

Internet-based support groups that connect parents of adolescents with eating disorders with each other, Science Life, Oct. 2012

Male anorexia a seldom-recognized threat, Chicago Tribune, July 2012

What the U.S. Can and Can't Learn From Israel's Ban on Ultra-Thin Models, The Atlantic, May 2012

Testing Treatments in the Anorexic Mouse, Science Life, Apr. 2012

NIH Spotlight on Eating Disorders, NIMH Director's Blog, Feb. 2012

Experts urge BMI method for calculating weight in kids with eating disorders, The University of Chicago Medicine, Jan. 2012

Anorexic Patients Can Be Fed More Aggressively Study Says, The New York Times, Jan. 2012

2011

UCSF Research Article Summary on Shortening Hospitalization Time, SF Gate, Dec. 2011

The State of Male Eating Disorders, Huffington Post, Aug. 2011

An Eating Disorder Iceberg, Revealed, Science Life, Mar. 2011

Breakthroughs in Women's Health, Chicago Magazine, Jan. 2011

2010

Treating Eating Disorders and Paying for It, By Lesley Alderman, New York Times, Dec. 2010

Bringing in Family to Combat Anorexia, The New York Times, Oct. 2010

Parental Role Aids Anorexia Recovery, The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 2010

Parents Can Make A Difference With Anorexic Teens, NPR, Oct. 2010

Family Based Treatment Found Most Effective for Anorexia Nervosa Patients, The University of Chicago Medicine, Oct. 2010

Eating-Disorder Treatment: A Family Affair, U.S. News & World Report, Oct. 2010

5 Eating-Disorder Signs in Your Child, U.S. News & World Report, Sep. 2010

Eating with an anorexic child, Chicago Tribune, Jun. 2010

2009

The Maudsley Approach, The Washington Post, Feb. 2009

2007

Therapies: family sessions found to help treat bulimia, The New York Times, Sep. 2007

Family Therapy most helpful for teens with bulimia, Yahoo! News, Sep. 2007

When girls won't eat, Chicago Magazine, Mar. 2007

2006

One Spoonful at a Time, By Harriet Brown, New York Times, Nov. 2006

2005

Qualities of Life Health: Parents are part of the solution, eating-disorder program embraces their help, Chicago Tribune, Apr. 2005