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The Boundaries of a Good Anorexic: Exploring Pro-Anorexia on the Internet and in the Clinic [PDF]
This thesis explores pro-anorexia, a desire amongst some anorexics to maintain or even enhance their existing illness. Through ethnographic fieldwork in an English eating disorders unit and with participants to pro-anorexia websites this anthropological ...
Lavis, Anna
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Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 2015 Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a psychiatric condition characterized by severe weight loss and secondary problems associated with malnutrition. AN predominantly develops in adolescence in the peripubertal period. Without early effective treatment, the course is protracted with physical, psychological and social morbidity and high mortality.
Treasure, Janet +9 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 The present study presents an investigation of family functioning in the families of adolescents with severe restrictive eating disorders (REDs) assessed before and 6 months after a multidisciplinary family treatment program that combined psychodynamic ...
Martina M. Mensi +10 more
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European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction Previous studies applying the Lausanne Trilogue Play (LTPc), a semi-structured method for observing family dynamics, highlighted dysfunctional interaction patterns in the families of individuals affected by restrictive eating disorders ...
C. Rogantini +9 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction: Medical and psychiatric complications and treatment compliance are important considerations in determining the treatment program for patients with severe anorexia nervosa (AN).
Valeria Zanna +10 more
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Anorexia nervosa through the lens of primary health care practitioners in the Kyrgyz Republic [PDF]
Consortium Psychiatricum, 2023 BACKGROUND: Anorexia nervosa was investigated in a large number of studies. Several of the studies in our review highlighted how important it is to factor in the opinion of health care practitioners if we want to improve the quality of the medical care ...
Zharkyn Moldokulova +2 more
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Simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax in a patient with anorexia nervosa
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2023 Anorexia nervosa causes various complications accompanying weight loss and malnutrition. Although bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax (SBSP) is uncommon, caution is needed in anorexia nervosa because this complication can be fatal.
Takahiro Uchida +10 more
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Journal of Eating Disorders, 2022 Plain English summary In recovery from anorexia nervosa, the body mass index does not reflect changes in body composition. Energy expenditure can change according to body composition in an anorexia nervosa and normal individuals.
Tâmara Oliveira dos Reis +5 more
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Recovery in anorexia nervosa: the struggle to develop a new identity. [PDF]
This study aims to explore recovery in AN from the perspective of individuals who have experience of it and examine if there are implications for practice.
Newell, Ciaran
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