Search Results for "Subclinical Bulimia 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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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...
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...
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Altered function of neural circuitry contributes to bulimia and anorexia
Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa -disorders characterized by extreme eating behavior and distorted body image - are among the deadliest of psychiatric disorders, with few proven effective treatmen...
Anorexia And Bulimia May Stem From Altered Neural Circuitry
Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa - disorders characterized by extreme eating behavior and distorted body image - are among the deadliest of psychiatric disorders, with few proven effective treatme...
New bulimia nervosa therapy for patients with eating disorders
An eating disorders research team led by Stephen Wonderlich, a Director of Clinical Research at the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute (NRI), has developed a successful bulimia nervosa therapy that c...
New bulimia treatment developed
An eating disorders research team has developed a successful bulimia nervosa therapy that can provide patients an alternative for treating this debilitating disorder.
New initiative launched to create more effective ED therapies based on brain imaging studies
Current treatments for anorexia and bulimia nervosa, which afflict an estimated 10 to 24 million Americans, are often limited and ineffective.
Gender Differences In Binge Eating
Female rats are much more likely to binge eat than male rats, according to new research that provides some of the strongest evidence yet that biology plays a role in eating disorders. The study, by Mi...
Fashion Model Scouts Target Girls With Eating Disorders As They Leave A Clinic
Fashion-model talent scouts approach extremely thin girls as they come out of the Stockholm Center for Eating Disorders, Dr. Anna-Maria af Sandeberg claims. The sick girls, who go into the clinic for...
Consequences of Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction
Learn about the long-term effects of subclinical hyper- and hypothyroidism. Clinical Endocrinology
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Many young women and also men are constantly dissatisfied with their body. In some cases the discontent with one's own body and the resulting restrictive eating behaviour can predetermine the path to...
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-...
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of a brief group cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) program in treating a large cohort of patients diagnosed with bulimia nervosa. METHOD: Tr...
Altered Insula Response to Sweet Taste Processing After Recovery From Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa.
OBJECTIVE Recent studies suggest that altered function of higher-order appetitive neural circuitry may contribute to restricted eating in anorexia nervosa and overeating in bulimia nervosa. This study...
Recurrent subcutaneous emphysema as a consequence of bulimia nervosa.
OBJECTIVE: Pneumomediastinum is a rare complica-tion of increased intrathoracic pressure. It is more likely to occur in individuals with nutritional deficiencies. Pneumomediastinum has been reported i...
