I suffer from a newly-named eating disorder, compulsive overeating, which is like bulimia, but you don't vomit. People who have this eating disorder are either really overweight or they maintain their ...

Compulsive behaviors are actions that are engaged in repeatedly and consistently, despite the fact that they are experienced as aversive or troubling. Yet treatment can help to manage or overcome ...

In our current culture, we attach much humiliation to overeating and body image. This makes the inability to change eating habits seem like a shameful thing—a defect of discipline. When people try to ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder, commonly referred to as OCD, is a chronic condition characterised by recurrent persistent thoughts which usually co-occur with repetitive compulsive behaviour.