The offers information on the health and psychological effects of eating disorder in young people, and includes information on its mortality rate, the connection between anorexia nervosa and genetic susceptibility, and the higher risk of a young female to have anorexia nervosa....
Eating Disorders in Young People European Child & Adolescent PsychiatryNeumarker, K.-J.Steinhausen, H.-C.
This is one in a series of factsheets for parents, teachers and young people entitled Mental Health and Growing Up. The aims of these factsheets are to provide practical, up-to-date information about mental health problems (emotional, behavioural and psychiatric disorders) that can a...
aEating disorders are a serious health problem among young people. There are many reasons that can contribute to eating disorders. One of the main reasons seems to be that boys and girls want to be thin and pretty like the models they see on television and in magazines. Any mention from ...
treatmentuniversityBackground: Eating disorders (EDs) are common in student populations and present formidable challenges as to how best to treat and support these young people, especially at points of transition. Yet research exploring these challenges is lacking, particularly from the perspective of ...
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Because patients with eating disorders often present with physical symptoms caused by starvation, induced emesis, or diet pill and laxative abuse, the primary care provider may be the first person to diagnose an eating disorder and to establish the therapeutic team. Many of the psychiatric aspects ...
"I thought if I ate my regular meals that I would get heavy and people would make fun of me," Justine said. Her teachers noticed that pages from her books were missing, and at home her mother found that she was also eating the cotton from Q-tips. Her mother, Yvonne Gallagher, then...
young peopleIntroduction Contemporary models of eating disorders (EDs) suggest that EDs are maintained by social–emotional difficulties. However, supporting evidence is derived largely from female, clinic‐based samples. This study, which refrained from gender specific inclusion criteria, aimed to improve...
Early intervention gives young people the best chance to recover from eating disorders (EDs). An important focus of early intervention is shortening the time between a person first developing symptoms and starting treatment (duration of untreated eating disorder; DUED). Patient-related factors (e.g...