Posts by Helen Burton Murray, PhD
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Cholecystokinin Elevation Observed in Youth With Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers found that in patients with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, ages 10 to 23, levels of the satiety hormone cholecystokinin were nearly three-fold higher than in controls. Still, there were no associations between cholecystokinin and subjective measures of appetite.
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Five Sessions to See at Digestive Disease Week 2021
At Digestive Disease Week 2021, clinicians and researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital Divisions of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal & Oncologic Surgery present their world-leading research and innovative treatment approaches.
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Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Very Common with Neurogastroenterology Symptoms
Symptoms of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder were present in nearly a quarter of patients attending a neurogastroenterology clinic.
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Eating Disorders Common in Patients with Chronic Constipation
About one in five patients with chronic constipation screened positively for eating disorder symptoms, which may underlie constipation symptoms because of fear and worry around gastrointestinal symptoms.
Biography
Helen Burton Murray, PhD, is a psychologist and the director of the Gastrointestinal Behavioral Health Program in the Center for Neurointestinal Health at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Murray is also a faculty member in the Eating Disorders and Clinical Research Program in the Department of Psychiatry at Mass General and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
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