Effect of cannabis use on PTSD treatment outcomes in veterans.

Introduction: Researchers have found anandamide (an endocannabinoid) and cannabinoid type 1 receptor activation encourages extinction of aversive memories. Some theorize cannabinoids such as those in cannabis may provide a new treatment approach for PTSD, while others suggest it may worsen symptomology. The objective of the current study was to determine if cannabis use impacts the success of evidence-based intensive outpatient PTSD treatment in a veteran population.

Body appreciation and intuitive eating in eating disorder recovery.

Objective: Eating disorder recovery research has emphasized the absence of symptoms over the presence of adaptive aspects like positive body image and healthy eating attitudes. The current study examined how body appreciation and intuitive eating related to eating disorder recovery using a comprehensive recovery definition (physical, behavioral, and cognitive recovery).

Method: Data were collected from 66 women with an eating disorder history and 31 controls with no history of eating pathology.

Longitudinal follow-up of a comprehensive operationalization of eating disorder recovery: Concurrent and predictive validity.

Objective: We aimed to replicate the concurrent validity of a comprehensive definition of eating disorder recovery (physical, behavioral, and cognitive indices) in a sample followed up 7-8 years from baseline, and to examine, for the first time with this comprehensive definition, predictive validity.

Method: Participants were 66 women with a history of an eating disorder and 31 age-matched controls who completed an online survey and phone interview.

Results: In general, women who were fully recovered were statistically indistinguishable from controls and had significantly less eating disorder attitudes and behaviors than the partially recovered and eating disorder groups.

Propranolol for mirtazapine-induced akathisia: Single case report.

Despite psychomotor restlessness and akathisia being an occasionally reported side effect of antidepressants as a class, and mirtazapine specifically, there is no general consensus on the best treatment approach. Propranolol may prove to be an effective treatment approach in patients who are not candidates for alternative therapies.

Dimensions of impulsivity in relation to eating disorder recovery.

Objective: Impulsivity is associated with eating pathology, but different dimensions of impulsivity have not been extensively studied in the eating disorders. The current study examined the relationship between four facets of impulsivity and eating disorder recovery status.

Method: Females formerly seen for an eating disorder were categorized as having an eating disorder (n = 53), partially recovered (n = 15), or fully recovered (n = 20) based on a diagnostic interview and physical, behavioral, and psychological indices.