Howard Steiger
Biographic Data
| ID | 5420331 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Howard Steiger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Howard |
| FAMILY NAME | Steiger |
| SIGNATURE | STEIGER H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Douglas College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4887-7824 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Shifting age of child eating disorder hospitalizations during the Covid‐19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: We studied the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on child eating disorder hospitalizations in Quebec, Canada. Quebec had one of the strictest lockdown measures targeting young people in North America. METHODS: We analyzed eating disorder hospitalizations in children aged 10-19 years before and during the pandemic. We used interrupted time series regression to assess trends in the monthly number of hospitalizations for anorexia nervosa, …
Annual Review of Eating Disorders Part 2 – 2006
A Tertiary-Care/Primary-Care Partnership Aimed at Improving Care for People with Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders
This chapter addresses anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and the various eating syndromes that are classified as eating disorders not otherwise specified, providing an up-to-date discussion on phenomenology (including eating-specific and comorbid features), epidemiology, and etiology. In the eating disorders, interactive effects involving environmental risks (e.g., cultural inducements toward excessive dieting or overachievement) and constitutio…
Overcoming the Unhealthy Pursuit of Thinness
Objectives. We examined the population reach, acceptability, and perceived potential of an initiative that developed a promotional tool for a healthy body image, the Québec Charter for a Healthy and Diverse Body Image. The Charter, developed through consensus building by a multisectoral, government-led task force, outlined actions to be undertaken by organizations or citizens to reduce media pressures favoring thinness. Methods. Six months after …
Troubles de l’alimentation et personnalité borderline
Plusieurs types de preuves empiriques suggèrent que les troubles de l'alimentation (TA) peuvent être associés de façon importante avec ceux de la personnalité borderline (PB). Dans cet article, nous révisons les observations et données suggérant une affinité apparente entre la PB et la boulimie. Puis, nous discutons l'implication d'une PB comorbide quant à l'expression symptomatique et à la réponse au traitement des TA. Enfin, nous explorons les …
Prévalence des attitudes et comportements inadaptés face à l’alimentation chez des adolescentes de la région de Montréal
La présente étude fait partie d'un projet de recherche portant sur les habitudes alimentaires des adolescentes et les facteurs de vulnérabilité aux troubles alimentaires. Nous présentons ici les résultats ayant trait à la pré valence des préoccupations et des troubles liés à T alimentation dans un groupe, nonre présentatif, de 1162 adolescentes de la région de Montréal. Les items de deux échelles souvent employées dans le domaine révèlent que le …
The contribution of depression and denial towards understanding the unawareness of symptoms in schizophrenic out‐patients
Objectives. Unawareness of schizophrenic symptoms was postulated to be partially attributable to patients denying symptoms in order to avoid depression. Method. The 24‐item version of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) was administered to 41 schizophrenic patients (chart diagnoses were validated by a DSM‐III‐R checklist). The first 14 of these items were then used to gather information about patients' symptomatology from 5 5 relatives of p…
Abstracts & Reviews
Abstracts and Reviews
Overcoming the Unhealthy Pursuit of Thinness
Objectives. We examined the population reach, acceptability, and perceived potential of an initiative that developed a promotional tool for a healthy body image, the Québec Charter for a Healthy and Diverse Body Image. The Charter, developed through consensus building by a multisectoral, government-led task force, outlined actions to be undertaken by organizations or citizens to reduce media pressures favoring thinness. Methods. Six months after …
Abstracts & Reviews
Abstracts and Reviews
Abstracts & Reviews
The contribution of depression and denial towards understanding the unawareness of symptoms in schizophrenic out‐patients
Objectives. Unawareness of schizophrenic symptoms was postulated to be partially attributable to patients denying symptoms in order to avoid depression. Method. The 24‐item version of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) was administered to 41 schizophrenic patients (chart diagnoses were validated by a DSM‐III‐R checklist). The first 14 of these items were then used to gather information about patients' symptomatology from 5 5 relatives of p…
Prévalence des attitudes et comportements inadaptés face à l’alimentation chez des adolescentes de la région de Montréal
La présente étude fait partie d'un projet de recherche portant sur les habitudes alimentaires des adolescentes et les facteurs de vulnérabilité aux troubles alimentaires. Nous présentons ici les résultats ayant trait à la pré valence des préoccupations et des troubles liés à T alimentation dans un groupe, nonre présentatif, de 1162 adolescentes de la région de Montréal. Les items de deux échelles souvent employées dans le domaine révèlent que le …
Troubles de l’alimentation et personnalité borderline
Plusieurs types de preuves empiriques suggèrent que les troubles de l'alimentation (TA) peuvent être associés de façon importante avec ceux de la personnalité borderline (PB). Dans cet article, nous révisons les observations et données suggérant une affinité apparente entre la PB et la boulimie. Puis, nous discutons l'implication d'une PB comorbide quant à l'expression symptomatique et à la réponse au traitement des TA. Enfin, nous explorons les …
Eating Disorders
This chapter addresses anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and the various eating syndromes that are classified as eating disorders not otherwise specified, providing an up-to-date discussion on phenomenology (including eating-specific and comorbid features), epidemiology, and etiology. In the eating disorders, interactive effects involving environmental risks (e.g., cultural inducements toward excessive dieting or overachievement) and constitutio…
Overcoming the Unhealthy Pursuit of Thinness
Objectives. We examined the population reach, acceptability, and perceived potential of an initiative that developed a promotional tool for a healthy body image, the Québec Charter for a Healthy and Diverse Body Image. The Charter, developed through consensus building by a multisectoral, government-led task force, outlined actions to be undertaken by organizations or citizens to reduce media pressures favoring thinness. Methods. Six months after …
Annual Review of Eating Disorders Part 2 – 2006
A Tertiary-Care/Primary-Care Partnership Aimed at Improving Care for People with Eating Disorders
Shifting age of child eating disorder hospitalizations during the Covid‐19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: We studied the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on child eating disorder hospitalizations in Quebec, Canada. Quebec had one of the strictest lockdown measures targeting young people in North America. METHODS: We analyzed eating disorder hospitalizations in children aged 10-19 years before and during the pandemic. We used interrupted time series regression to assess trends in the monthly number of hospitalizations for anorexia nervosa, …
Eating Disorders and Behaviors (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Anorexia nervosa (3 works) · Eating disorders (3 works) · Bulimia nervosa (2 works) · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works)