GSB Student Takes a New Approach to Treating Eating Disorders

GSB student takes a new approach to treating eating disorders

Content warning: This article contains references to eating disorders and suicide. Mehek Mohan MBA ’25 built Kahani, an app designed to treat eating disorders, because people still aren’t paying enough attention to one of psychiatry’s deadliest issues, she said. “Not enough people care about this space, [yet] statistically, everyone knows someone with an eating disorder,” Mohan, who studied molecular and cellular biology at Berkeley and then led…

Psychedelics in the treatment of eating disorders: Rationale and potential mechanisms

Eating disorders are serious illnesses showing high rates of mortality and comorbidity with other mental health problems. Psychedelic-assisted therapy…

When Free Speech Hurts: TikTok, Eating Disorders, and the Ethics of the Algorithm

Freedom of speech was not designed to help teenagers starve. Yet on TikTok, it often does. A single swipe can plunge a user into the deeply aestheticized world of “SkinnyTok,” where calorie counts, ribcage challenges, and glamorized eating disorder routines masquerade as lifestyle tips. Under a thin veneer of wellness hashtags and viral audio, a darker reality pulses: the normalization—and monetization—of mental illness. The platform’s defenders…

Considering Eating Disorders in Food Insecurity Regulation

Approximately 47 million people in the United States face food insecurity, or the “limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways.” Globally, the United Nations (U.N.) estimates that 2.4 billion people faced food insecurity in 2022. The numbers are on the rise. So, too, are diagnoses of eating disorders. Over 70 million people worldwide suffer from eating disorders, according to the World Health Organization…