Attitudes toward veganism in eating disorder professionals

Australian Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge of and Attitudes toward Binge Eating Disorder

Objective: This study aimed to investigate Australian healthcare practitioners' knowledge and attitudes toward binge eating disorder (BED). Method: Participants were 175 healthcare professionals, who were randomized to one of two conditions that assessed diagnostic and treatment knowledge of either comorbid BED and obesity or only obesity via case vignette, as well as weight bias toward obese p...

Public and Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge and Attitudes toward Binge Eating Disorder: A Narrative Review

Binge eating disorder (BED) is characterized by recurrent binge eating and marked distress in the absence of inappropriate compensatory behaviors for weight control. BED is prevalent in men and women, is associated with elevated psychosocial and functional impairment, and is associated strongly with obesity and related medical comorbidities. The aim is to provide a brief, state-of-the-art revie...

Eating disorder literacy and stigmatising attitudes toward anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder among adolescents Shortened title: Eating disorder literacy and stigmatising attitudes

Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals toward Patient Safety in the Operating Room

Background & Aims: Patient safety is considered to be an inherent element of healthcare quality. Unsafe attitudes of healthcare employees are a major issue for healthcare providers in promoting the quality of care, which is closely correlated with the occurrence of hospital errors and incidents. On the other hand, development of optimal patient safety is not possible without establishing safety...

Mental health professionals’ attitudes toward patients with PTSD and depression

BACKGROUND To date, mental health professionals' attitudes toward posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), compared to other psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia or depression, have rarely been studied. OBJECTIVE We assessed mental health professionals' attitudes toward patients with PTSD compared to patients suffering from depression. METHOD Case vignettes of a patient with either PTSD...