Author(s): Dufour R; Novack K; Picard L; Chadi N; Booij L;

Background: Adolescence and young adulthood is a high-risk period for the development of eating disorders. In recent years, there has been an increase in use of technology-based interventions (TBIs) for the treatment of eating disorders. The objective of this study was to determine the types of technology used for eating disorder treatment in youth and th ...

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Author(s): Steiger H; Booij L; Thaler L; St-Hilaire A; Israël M; Casey KF; Oliverio S; Crescenzi O; Lee V; Turecki G; Joober R; Szyf M; Breton É;

bjectives: Recent studies have reported altered methylation levels at disorder-relevant DNA sites in people who are ill with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) compared to findings in people with no eating disorder (ED) or in whom AN has remitted. The preceding implies state-related influences upon gene expre ...

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Author(s): Breton E; Fotso Soh J; Booij L;

Obesity and eating disorders are conditions that involve eating behaviors and are sometimes comorbid. Current evidence supports alterations in immunoinflammatory processes in both obesity and eating disorders. A plausible hypothesis is that immunoinflammatory processes may be involved in the pathophysiology of obesity and eating disorders. The aim of this ...

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Author(s): Thaler L; Booij L; Burnham N; Kenny S; Oliverio S; Israel M; Steiger H;

Although treatment dropout is common among patients with eating disorders, very few studies have examined predictors of non-completion in day treatment. We investigated various potential predictors of dropout from adult day treatment. Participants were 295 adult patients with a diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa (restricting or binge-eating/purging subtype), B ...

Article GUID: 34971014

Author(s): Steiger H; Booij L; Crescenzi O; Oliverio S; Singer I; Thaler L; St-Hilaire A; Israel M;

Objective: Findings show virtual therapy (conducted using internet-based videoconferencing techniques) to be a viable alternative to in-person therapy for a variety of mental-health problems. COVID-19 social-distancing imperatives required us to substitute virtual interventions for in-person sessions routinely offered in our outpatient eating disorder (ED ...

Article GUID: 34904742

Author(s): Sansfaçon J, Booij L, Gauvin L, Fletcher É, Islam F, Israël M, Steiger H

OBJECTIVE: Identifying modifiable predictors of outcomes following treatment for eating disorders may help to tailor interventions to patients' individual needs, improve treatment efficacy, and develop new interventions. The goal of this meta-analysis was to quantify the association between pretreatment motivation and posttreatment changes in eating d ...

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Author(s): Burdo J; Booij L; Kahan E; Thaler L; Israël M; Agellon LB; Nitschmann E; Wykes L; Steiger H;

Objective: People who are ill with anorexia nervosa (AN) show altered availability of key plasma nutrients. However, little is known about the patterning of alterations that occurs across diverse nutrients during active phases of illness or about the persistence of any such alterations following ...

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Author(s): Steiger H, Booij L

J Clin Med. 2020 May 03;9(5): Authors: Steiger H, Booij L

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Author(s): Thaler L, Brassard S, Booij L, Kahan E, McGregor K, Labbe A, Israel M, Steiger H

Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2019 Dec 10;: Authors: Thaler L, Brassard S, Booij L, Kahan E, McGregor K, Labbe A, Israel M, Steiger H

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