There was no significant change in the knowledge of eating disorder symptoms across time. It is possible that this finding is the result of participants lodging less detailed or less specific answers across time, as the follow-up questionnaire was sent to the majority of participants between Octobe...
The Relationship Between Eating Disorder Behavior and Myers-Briggs Personality Type (poster presentation)Berkeley Electronic Press Selected WorksAmanda J. BurgerL. AndersonMichael W. FirminChien Hwang
Powerpoint presentation to the Eating Disorders International Conference in London, 17th March 2016 Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU) is a psychological construct that has been linked to eating disorder (ED). Objective: The aim was to investigate predictors of IU in women with ED symptoms. Method: ...
Objective:To examine prevalence and clinical correlates of eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) in the US population.Method:Two cross-sectional surveys of adults and adolescents used the WHO CIDI to assess DSM-IV criteria for anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and EDNOS.Resul...
A case presentation 324* Eating disorder symptomatology in cystic fibrosis before and after transplant: A case presentation324* Eating disorder symptomatology in cystic fibrosis before and after transplant: A case presentationdoi:10.1016/S1569-1993(07)60297-5...
Binge-eating disorder (BED) is characterized by recurring episodes of excessive consumption of palatable food and an increased sensitivity to food cues. Patients with BED display an addiction-like symptomatology and the dopamine system might be a potenti
this study were to investigate whether female athletes, particularly gymnasts and footballers, exhibit more eating problems compared to female non-athletes, and to identify individual personality characteristics including anxiety, self-esteem, and perfectionism as possible contributors to eating disorder risk...
Researchers have given a plethora of terms and definitions to describe PPA in eating disorder patients [11]. Terms included “hyperactivity”, “compulsive exercise”, “driven exercise”, “unhealthy exercise”, “motor restlessness”, “over-exercise”, “overactivity”, “hard exercise”, “driv...
Figure 1 Open in figure viewerPowerPoint Schematic presentation of referral, enrolment, retention, and assessment completion Participants were 35 female and 3 male students (63.2% Caucasian, 18.4% Asian, 7.9% Latino, 5.3% African-American) with a mean age of 21 years (SD = 2.99) and...
Introduction Achalasia is a rare oesophageal motility disorder characterized by physical, behavioural and psychosocial features that are strikingly similar to eating disorders (ED). Method A litera...