Bulimia nervosa as a risk factor for voice disorders--literature review.

Bulimia nervosa as a risk factor for voice disorders - literature review Summary

Bulimia nervosa and its relation to voice changes in young adults: A simple review of epidemiology, complications, diagnostic criteria and management

BACKGROUND Bulimia nervosa (BN) is a type of feeding disorder that starts in adolescence and presents a variety of symptoms, recurrent vomiting in the oral cavity that may reach down to the larynx - similarly to gastro-esophageal reflux, causing laryngeal and voice disorder alterations. OBJECTIVE These studies aimed at surveying the literature and investigate the studies that considered BN a ...

Relationship of childhood sexual abuse and eating disorders.

OBJECTIVE To review the literature that has examined the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and the eating disorders. METHOD Each of the five authors reviewed all identified empirical studies to be certain that inclusion/exclusion criteria were met. Two teams of raters then independently reviewed each study to determine whether it supported any of a series of six hypotheses that had ...

Prevalence of eating disorders amongst dancers: a systemic review and meta-analysis.

Eating disorders in dancers are thought to be common, but the exact rates remain to be clarified. The aim of this study is to systematically compile and analyse the rates of eating disorders in dancers. A literature search, appraisal and meta-analysis were conducted. Thirty-three relevant studies were published between 1966 and 2013 with sufficient data for extraction. Primary data were extract...

The treatment of adolescents with bulimia nervosa

Background: Bulimia nervosa appears to be quite common among adolescents and poses high rates of psychiatric and medical morbidity. Yet, no published accounts of treatment for this population are available. Aims: To briefly describe the clinical presentation of bulimia nervosa in adolescents and review the available information regarding psychological and pharmacological treatments from the adu...