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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...
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N Engl J Med 2003;349:875-81. Copyright © 2003 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 20-year-old woman presents with fatigue; laboratory tests reveal a serum potassium level of 2.3 mmol per liter and a serum bicarbonate level of 36 mmol per liter. She is 163 cm (64 in.) tall and weighs 54 kg (119 lb). The findings on physical examination are normal. On questioning, she admits to binge eating and vom...
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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...
متن کاملBulimia Nervosa – medical complications
As with anorexia nervosa, there are many medical complications associated with bulimia nervosa. In bulimia nervosa, these complications are a direct result of both the mode and the frequency of purging behaviours. For the purposes of this article, we will review in detail the many complications of the two major modes of purging, namely, self-induced vomiting and laxative abuse; these two accoun...
متن کاملState self-esteem ratings in women with bulimia nervosa and bulimia nervosa in remission.
OBJECTIVE Bulimia nervosa (BN) is associated with low self-esteem. This study was designed to assess whether low self-esteem persists in nondepressed individuals who have recovered from BN (BN-R). METHOD Study groups included BN (n = 22), BN-R (n = 20), and healthy controls (n = 42). Participants were medication-free, and none met criteria for current major depression. Assessment instruments ...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/s0007125000032219