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(1/10) Absolutely thrilled to share this article. It’s been a long time coming and is the product of some fantastic discussions and debates over the course of the past three years with some truly outstanding colleagues and #ECEDRs. 
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1c69D%7E0r1hyHX
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1c69D%7E0r1hyHX
(2/10) We consider overlap between conceptualization of anxiety disorders and eating disorders. Specifically, we were interested in pinpointing research directions to potentially improve #exposuretherapy for EDs.
(3/10) Some major themes: TIMING.
Its not clear when is the best time for differing exposure exercises in ED treatment, and how timing of our interventions with respect to nutritional status, readiness, and stage of recovery may impact therapeutic learning.
Its not clear when is the best time for differing exposure exercises in ED treatment, and how timing of our interventions with respect to nutritional status, readiness, and stage of recovery may impact therapeutic learning.
(4/10) UNDERSTANDING THE US. A better understanding of fear conditioning, how ED fears develop in the first place, is needed
(5/10) WE NEED TO UNPACK FEAR OF WEIGHT GAIN. ‘fear of weight gain’ is a pervasive ED feature, but what is behind this ‘fear’? What we are really talking about is anticipated consequences/sequalae of weight gain, which may actually be quite variable across individuals!
(6/10) THERE ARE A WIDE RANGE OF ED FEARS. Current exposure-based studies have primarily isolated specific strategies (e.g. only food exposure/only mirror exposure). There has been less consideration of how to develop, test, and tailor more comprehensive exposure-based treatments
(7/10) SEVERAL FEATURES OF EDs PRESENT CHALLENGES FOR EXPOSURE-BASED WORK. We discuss things like nutritional status, variability in behavioral function, very fixed beliefs, likelihood of certain feared outcomes.
(8/10) MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS OF ED BEHAVIORS ARE RELEVANT. Research has examined how threat, reward, and habit-based systems act in isolation, with less focus on how they may act in concert with one another in the context of ED risk, maintenance, and treatment.
(9/10) ADDITIONAL FOCUS ON EXPECTANCY VIOLATION MAY BE USEFUL. Identification of nuanced and specific feared outcomes may enhance opportunities to highlight expectancy-outcome discrepancies.
(10/10) This was a blast to write and thanks much to my wonderful colleagues. I hope that others will find it useful and stimulating @HaynosAF @ee_reilly @CheriLev @sashadmo @__LAnderson__
