PSYREFLECT

Issue #69

August 31, 2026

#1Research

The eating disorder score predicted GLP-1 use six months later, the BMI did not

A one-point rise in a seven-item questionnaire score doubled the odds that a woman would be taking a GLP-1 six months later, 2.00 (95% CI 1.27 to 3.15), while her body mass index, in the same model with the same controls, did not reach significance, 1.05 (0.99 to 1.11).

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#2Research

Eight questionnaires tested for binge-eating disorder and one for atypical anorexia

Eight questionnaires have been checked against a clinical interview for binge-eating disorder in adults living with higher weight, while atypical anorexia nervosa, purging disorder and night eating syndrome have one questionnaire each, and in adolescents the tested ground stops at binge eating and loss of control.

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#3Tool

Four referrals to a psychiatrist and not one questionnaire behind them

The appendix the national template reserves for assessment scales, questionnaires and other instruments for evaluating the patient's state, as printed in full: not provided.

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#4Industry

Eight hospitals for 47 prefectures, and a year counted in contacts

The scheme has run since fiscal 2014 and stands at eight designated hospitals across 47 prefectures, and the year it reports is counted in 2,425 contacts, 2,045 of them first-time, set beside a national estimate of approximately 220,000 people with an eating disorder.

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#5Industry

Britain counts packs and money, so the people had to be counted by telephone

Britain can count the pens it dispenses and the money they cost, and it took a telephone survey of 5,893 households to establish that about 1.6 million adults have used these drugs for weight loss and another 3.3 million would consider it. 15.0% of users named a product not licensed for weight loss, and interest runs at 11.7% among people finding it very difficult to manage financially against 4.5% among those living comfortably.

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#6Resource

NEDC orders its five eating disorder modules the way a clinical contact unfolds, from prevention to the end of treatment

Five modules run in the order clinical contact unfolds – recognise, screen, respond, refer, support – and NEDC has approved the whole five hours as the introductory training required for the ANZAED Eating Disorder Credential.

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