Treating eating disorders
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25118/issn.2965-1832.2017.737Keywords:
eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, nervous bulimia, psychiatric comorbiditiesAbstract
Eating disorders cause serious changes in the thoughts and feelings of individuals who suffer from them, with regard to weight and body shape, also altering their relationship with food. They mostly affect women in their teens or early adulthood. About 0.5% to 3.7% of women experience anorexia nervosa and 1.1% to 4.2% bulimia nervosa throughout their lives. Only 5% to 15% of patients with anorexia or bulimia and 35% of patients with binge eating disorder are male. Patients with this type of disorder may also have psychiatric comorbidities, such as depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, and alcohol and other drug abuse.
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