Dental erosions in patients with anorexia and bulimia nervosa

Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

This chapter describes the major eating disorders encountered during adolescence including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS). The latter group accounts for most adolescents seeking treatment for an eating disorder and refers to those patients not meeting full Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) crit...

Anorexia nervosa patients with a prior history of bulimia nervosa.

OBJECTIVES To investigate clinical and psychological features of patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) with a previous history of bulimia nervosa. METHOD Three hundred thirty-three patients with a full diagnosis of AN were assessed by the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, the Eating Disorders Inventory, and the Hopkins S...

Serum Visfatin Levels in Patients with Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia

200 - Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

Childhood anxiety disorders may increase the likelihood of these disorders, although no clear cause has been identified for either illness. Women suffer from anorexia and bulimia more frequently than men do. The lifetime prevalence of anorexia varies from 0.3% to 1% for women; men are estimated to have one tenth of that prevalence. Bulimia is more common than anorexia, with a lifetime prevalenc...

Olfactory dysfunction in anorexia and bulimia nervosa.

Fifty-five eating-disordered women and 16 normal controls participated in this study to determine whether olfactory function is altered in patients with food-restricting anorexia, anorexia with bulimic features, and bulimia nervosa. Olfactory function was assessed using the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test and by determining phenyl ethyl alcohol odor detection thresholds. On...