Eating disorders: Screening, identification & Referral Guide
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Eating disorders are complex mental illnesses with a range of potentially life-threatening medical complications. This guide can help you identify and assess eating disorders through common physical, behavioural and psychological symptoms and signs.
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Symptomatology long-term evolution after hospitalization for anorexia nervosa: Drive for thinness to explain effects of body dissatisfaction on type of outcome.
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious psychiatric disorder associated with the highest mortality rate.
Read moreDoes continuing family-based treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa improve outcomes in those not remitted after 20 sessions?
OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to investigate the benefit of ongoing family-based treatment (FBT) sessions for adolescent anorexia nervosa if remission criteria were not met at session 20.
Read moreMetformin combined with mirtazapine for treatment of anorexia nervosa with dyspepsia: Clinical effect and impact on serum levels of norepinephrine, 5-hydroxy tryptamine and dopamine
Results: Gastric juice pH increased significantly after treatment in both groups, and the increase was more significant in the observation group (t = 5.658, P 0.05).
Read moreCan adaptive treatment improve outcomes in family-based therapy for adolescents with anorexia nervosa? Feasibility and treatment effects of a multi-site treatment study
Objective: Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa (AN), treated with family-based treatment (FBT) who fail to gain 2.3 kg by the fourth week of treatment have a 40-50% lower chance of recovery than those who do.
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