Special series: Samples from four frontiers of eating disorders research -Overview of the special series

This special series was designed to stimulate eating disorders research by sampling from four strands of particularly promising research directions: t axometric nosology; neuroscience and psychopharmacology; clinical/demograph ic risk prediction in epidemiologic samples; and psychological models of sy mptom development. In this overview, I highlight the series' import by putt ing its papers in general context (as well as in context of each other), an d also by highlighting key explanatory concepts from each paper. An additio nal purpose is to articulate areas not directly covered by this series that deserve careful attention in future research.