Eating and weight disorders : EWD
April 1, 2020
Marika Renelli, Jenna Fletcher, Kenneth W Tupper et al.
76 citations
Ayahuasca, a traditional Amazonian medicine, is being studied for mental health treatment. In this qualitative study, 13 people previously diagnosed with an eating disorder described their experiences with ceremonial ayahuasca and conventional treatment. Thematic analysis of interviews revealed that ayahuasca was associated with rapid reductions in eating disorder thoughts and symptoms, helped heal the perceived root of the disorder, processed painful feelings and memories, fostered self-love and self-acceptance, and catalyzed spiritual healing. The findings suggest ayahuasca may have potential as an adjunctive therapeutic tool, warranting further controlled clinical trials.
Eating and weight disorders : EWD
July 8, 2025
Giovanni Stanghellini
1 citation
Transgressive eroticism, particularly the phenomenon of 'Overlove,' can both construct and dissolve embodied selfhood. Hyper-intense erotic practices are not merely psychopathological symptoms but existential strategies that disrupt normative consciousness and enable new forms of self-other relations. Drawing on Georges Bataille's writings, clinical literature, and literary case studies, the analysis shows that transgressive eroticism acts as an 'anti-moral' force dismantling subject-object binaries, revealing an elemental layer of being. It dissolves self-boundaries through dissipation and ecstatic union with others, operating as existential praxis. This reframing challenges entrenched psychiatric binaries and advocates for a clinical ethos attentive to both hazards and generative potential, uncovering utopian possibilities for new collective intimacies.
Eating and weight disorders : EWD
February 1, 2022
Lorenzo Moccia, Eliana Conte, Marianna Ambrosecchia et al.
People with anorexia nervosa-restrictive subtype experience more anomalous self-experiences (ASEs), such as a disturbed sense of self, than healthy controls. These ASEs directly contribute to eating disorder severity, and this relationship is partly explained by an abnormal body image attitude. The findings suggest that a disturbed self-experience may underlie both body image distortions and eating disorder symptoms in this condition, pointing to the need for broader exploration of self-disorder as a transdiagnostic feature.