Eating Disorders in Adolescence: What Is the Role of Hormone Replacement Therapy?: CME QUIZ: Volume 28, Number 12doi:10.1097/01.PGO.0000320149.95435.3fPostgraduate Obstetrics & Gynecology
What percent of teenage girls have eating disorders? What age does multiple personality disorder start? Most mental disorders tend to first become prominent in childhood or adolescence; ___ is a prominent exception to this pattern. a) schizophrenia b) bipolar disorder c) dementia d) bulimia For...
There is no one distinct cause of eating disorders. Research has found a number of “genetic, biological, behavioral, psychological, and social factors” that can increase the risk of eating disorder development [2]. Eating disorders can be life-threatening and have the highest mortality rate of...
My sister has a daughter who is thirteen. She has always been thin and had problems with eating. I remember my sister used to tell stories just to make her eat something. She used to run all over the house with a plate of soup. Her eating was a torture for her and my sister as ...
Eating disorders are mental illnesses that can’t simply be overcome with willpower or simple dietary changes. In general, the emotional challenges causing them must be addressed by a mental health professional for recovery to be possible. Early identification and treatment can greatly improve one’...
I see all those female models on TV and they look like skeletons. I can't believe that someone wants to look like that. I have heard that lot of them suffer from eating disorders. My cousin is also a model and she also has problems with weight. But I wonder how the road to recover...
Eating disorders in teens are far more common than you might think. Parents need to know what they are, how to spot them, and where to get treatment.
Many people believe this media stereotyping helps explain why about ninety percent of people with eating disorders are women and only ten percent are men. In recent years it has become politically correct for the media to make some effort to combat eating disorders. We have seen magazine articles...
(1993) In what way is eating disordered in the eating disorders? International Review of Psychiatry 5: 33-50.Hetherington, M. M. (1993). In what way is eating disordered in the eating disorders? Inter- national Review of Psychiatry, 5, 33-49....
Any health professional working with children and young people may become involved in the care of a child or young person with an eating disorder. Morbidity and mortality can be high, and paediatricians have an important role to play. There are broadly two aspects of underweight that the paediat...