Search Results for "Comorbidity Anorexia Nervosa"
Original Source: Subclinical eating disorders and their comorbidity with mood and anxiety disorders in adolescent girls.
The present study assesses the prevalence of subclinical eating disorders and examines their comorbidity with mood and anxiety disorders in a sample of adolescent girls. A DSM-III-R computerized self-reported interview was administered to 833 adolescent girls (mean age=15.7±0.5years) from a population sample to assess the prevalence of subclinical eating disorders, major depression, dysthymia, separation anxiety, and generalized anxiety disorders. The prevalence of subclinical anorexia nervosa (restricting...
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The main eating disorder, anorexia nervosa, involves extreme weight loss as a result of very strict dieting. The cause is a strong belief held by the patient that they are fat (despite their extreme...
Bulimia is an illness characterized by the cycle of binging on food, guilty feelings and resultant purging (vomiting or laxative abuse) to counteract the previous binge. It is much more common in yo...
Eating disorders include conditions causing under-eating and over-eating. The most common of these are Anorexia and Bulimia. Eating disorders are a serious mental illness that affect 1.6 million peo...
Within medicine, nutrition (the study of food and the effect of its components on the body) has many different roles. Appropriate nutrition can help prevent certain diseases, or treat others. In cri...
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Anorexia Nervosa and the Kidney
How does anorexia nervosa potentially cause kidney problems? This new study takes a close look at the serious renal complications that can arise in this subset of patients. American Journal of Kidne...
Complication of pellagra in anorexia nervosa
bmj;346/may08_1/f2842/FIG1F1fig1A 16 year old girl presented to the emergency department with a low body mass index and skin changes. She was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, and the skin changes......
In a world first, a team of researchers at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre and the University Health Network have shown that Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in patients with chronic, severe and treatment...
Subcallosal cingulate DBS seems to be generally safe in this sample of patients with chronic and treatment-refractory anorexia nervosa.
Deep Brain Stimulation shows promise for patients with chronic, treatment resistant Anorexia Nervosa
(University Health Network) In a world first, a team of researchers at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre and the University Health Network have shown that Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in patients with c...
Severe anorexia nervosa improves with modification of standard goals, treatment methods
A new, multinational randomized clinical trial has found that patients with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa will not only stick with treatments but also make significant improvements with just a...
How anorexia and 'bigorexia' in men relates to perceptions of masculinity
(Medical Xpress)—Self-perceived masculinity is higher in men with muscle dysmorphia, popularly called 'bigorexia', than other gym users, while men with anorexia nervosa relate more strongly to femin...
DBS helps anorexia patients achieve and maintain improvements in body weight, mood and anxiety
In a world first, a team of researchers at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre and the University Health Network have shown that Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in patients with chronic, severe and treatment...
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Osteoporosis in anorexia nervosa.
Osteoporosis is common in anorexia nervosa. It places these patients at increased lifetime risk for fractures. Bone loss may never recover completely even once weight is restored. The strongest predic...
Intracranial Sinus Thrombosis in Anorexia Nervosa.
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that commonly presents during adolescence and involves life-threatening complications. We report a case in which a patient was found to have intracranial sinus t...
Adipocytokines, gut hormones and growth factors in anorexia nervosa.
Anorexia nervosa is a complex eating disorder of unknown etiology which affects adolescent girls and young women and leads to chronic malnutrition. Clinical manifestations of prolonged semistarvation...
This study explores the lived experience of anorexia nervosa from the perspective of those who use pro-recovery websites for eating disorders. Fourteen people participated in an online focus group or...
In this research, we conducted a study of genes connected with the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of anorexia nervosa, using classical statistical and data-mining methods to establish a relationship wi...
