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Overview

Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the areas of psychology, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Within the broader field of psychology, subfields addressed include clinical psychology, sociology and political science, applied psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and social psychology.

Fitzsimmons-Craft has published frequently in several venues, including:

  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • UNC Libraries
  • Eating Behaviors
  • Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy
  • Body Image

They have collaborated with several researchers on multiple projects, including:

  • Denise E. Wilfley
  • C. Barr Taylor
  • Marie-Laure Firebaugh
  • Katherine N. Balantekin
  • Andrea K. Graham

Selected recent publications by Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft include:

  • Effectiveness of a Digital Cognitive Behavior Therapy-Guided Self-Help Intervention for Eating Disorders in College Women, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Effectiveness of a chatbot for eating disorders prevention: A randomized clinical trial, 2021, International Journal of Eating Disorders

Additionally, other notable papers relevant to their field of research include:

  • Digital technology can revolutionize mental health services delivery: The COVID-19 crisis as a catalyst for change, 2020, International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • College Mental Health Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results From a Nationwide Survey, 2021, Cognitive Therapy and Research
  • Current state of scientific evidence on Internet-based interventions for the treatment of depression, anxiety, eating disorders and substance abuse: an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses, 2020, European Journal of Public Health

Best Publications

  • Addressing critical gaps in the treatment of eating disorders

    Abpp Alan E. Kazdin PhD;Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft;Denise E. Wilfley

  • Explaining the relation between thin ideal internalization and body dissatisfaction among college women: the roles of social comparison and body surveillance.

    Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft;Megan Beth Harney;Laura G. Koehler;Lauren E. Danzi

  • The empirical status of the third-wave behaviour therapies for the treatment of eating disorders: A systematic review.

    Jake Linardon;Christopher G. Fairburn;Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft;Denise E. Wilfley

  • Social psychological theories of disordered eating in college women: review and integration.

    Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft

  • Digital technology can revolutionize mental health services delivery: The COVID-19 crisis as a catalyst for change.

    C. Barr Taylor;C. Barr Taylor;Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft;Andrea K. Graham

  • A content analysis of an online pro-eating disorder community on Reddit

    Shaina J. Sowles;Monique McLeary;Allison Optican;Elizabeth Cahn

  • College Mental Health Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results From a Nationwide Survey.

    Hanjoo Kim;Gavin N. Rackoff;Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft;Ki Eun Shin

  • Is weight gain really a catalyst for broader recovery?: The impact of weight gain on psychological symptoms in the treatment of adolescent anorexia nervosa.

    Erin C. Accurso;Anna C. Ciao;Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft;James D. Lock

  • The inter-relationships between vegetarianism and eating disorders among females.

    Anna M. Bardone-Cone;Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft;Megan B. Harney;Christine R. Maldonado

  • Disordered Eating Attitudes and Behaviors in Youth with Overweight and Obesity: Implications for Treatment.

    Jacqueline F. Hayes;Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft;Anna M. Karam;Jessica Jakubiak

  • Effectiveness of a Digital Cognitive Behavior Therapy-Guided Self-Help Intervention for Eating Disorders in College Women: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft;C. Barr Taylor;C. Barr Taylor;Andrea K. Graham;Shiri Sadeh-Sharvit;Shiri Sadeh-Sharvit;Shiri Sadeh-Sharvit

  • Examining an elaborated sociocultural model of disordered eating among college women: the roles of social comparison and body surveillance.

    Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft;Anna M. Bardone-Cone;Cynthia M. Bulik;Stephen A. Wonderlich

  • Current state of scientific evidence on Internet-based interventions for the treatment of depression, anxiety, eating disorders and substance abuse: an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

    C Barr Taylor;Andrea K Graham;Rachael E Flatt;Karin Waldherr

  • Subjective and objective binge eating in relation to eating disorder symptomatology, negative affect, and personality dimensions.

    Lisa M. Brownstone;Anna M. Bardone-Cone;Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft;Katherine S. Printz

  • Development and validation of the Body, Eating, and Exercise Comparison Orientation Measure (BEECOM) among college women.

    Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft;Anna M. Bardone-Cone;Megan B. Harney

  • Understanding and promoting treatment-seeking for eating disorders and body image concerns on college campuses through online screening, prevention and intervention.

    Sarah Ketchen Lipson;J. Megan Jones;C. Barr Taylor;Denise E. Wilfley

  • The Relationships Among Social Comparisons, Body Surveillance, and Body Dissatisfaction in the Natural Environment

    Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft;Anna Marie Bardone-Cone;Stephen A. Wonderlich;Ross D. Crosby

  • Examining social physique anxiety and disordered eating in college women. The roles of social comparison and body surveillance

    Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft;Megan B. Harney;Lisa M. Brownstone;M.K. Higgins

  • Objectified body consciousness in relation to recovery from an eating disorder

    Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft;Anna M. Bardone-Cone;Kathleen A. Kelly

  • A screening tool for detecting eating disorder risk and diagnostic symptoms among college-age women.

    Andrea K. Graham;Mickey Trockel;Hannah Weisman;Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft

  • Family functioning in two treatments for adolescent anorexia nervosa.

    Anna C. Ciao;Erin C. Accurso;Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft;Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft;James Lock

Frequent Co-Authors

Denise E. Wilfley
Denise E. Wilfley Washington University in St. Louis
C. Barr Taylor
C. Barr Taylor Stanford University
Anna M. Bardone-Cone
Anna M. Bardone-Cone University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Daniel Le Grange
Daniel Le Grange University of California, San Francisco
Stephen A. Wonderlich
Stephen A. Wonderlich University of North Dakota
Cynthia M. Bulik
Cynthia M. Bulik University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carol B. Peterson
Carol B. Peterson University of Minnesota
Josef I. Ruzek
Josef I. Ruzek University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Scott G. Engel
Scott G. Engel University of North Dakota
Booil Jo
Booil Jo Stanford University

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