Mental capacity to consent to treatment in anorexia nervosa: explorative study
BackgroundMental capacity to consent to treatment in anorexia nervosa is a neglected area in clinical decision-making.AimsTo examine clinical and neuropsychological parameters associated with diminished mental capacity in anorexia nervosa.MethodAn ...
Isis F.F.M. Elzakkers +3 more
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Fat Mass and Obesity-Associated Gene (FTO) in Eating Disorders: Evidence for Association of the rs9939609 Obesity Risk Allele with Bulimia nervosa and Anorexia nervosa [PDF]
Objective: The common single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs9939609 in the fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) is associated with obesity. As genetic variants associated with weight regulation might also be implicated in the etiology of eating ...
Wichmann, Heinz-Erich +67 more
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OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate social functioning and its relation to associated psychiatric symptoms and disorders in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa.
Bilge Merve Kalaycı +4 more
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Blindness and Anorexia Nervosa
Two cases of anorexia nervosa in blind patients are reported. They demonstrate that blind children experience many developmental problems which are thought to be important in the etiology of anorexia nervosa.
A.C. Mcfarlane
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Background Anorexia nervosa has one of the highest mortality rates of all mental illnesses. For those who survive, less than 70% fully recover, with many going on to develop a more severe and enduring phenotype.
Sarah Ramsay +4 more
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PSYNDEX Tests Review für ANIS - ANOREXIA-NERVOSA-INVENTAR ZUR SELBSTBEURTEILUNG
This is a PSYNDEX Tests Review of ANIS - ANOREXIA-NERVOSA-INVENTAR ZUR SELBSTBEURTEILUNG. PSYNDEX Tests Reviews are written in German and describe and evaluate psychological and educational tests used in the German-speaking countries.
Vilsmeier, Markus, Eberwein, Manfred
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Fixation patterns, not clinical diagnosis, predict body size over-estimation in eating disordered women and healthy controls [PDF]
Objective - A core feature of anorexia nervosa (AN) is an over-estimation of body size. Women with AN have a different pattern of eye-movements when judging bodies, but it is unclear whether this is specific to their diagnosis or whether it is found in ...
Cornelissen, Piers +11 more
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Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa [PDF]
Characterized primarily by a low body-mass index, anorexia nervosa is a complex and serious illness1, affecting 0.9–4% of women and 0.3% of men2–4, with twin-based heritability estimates of 50–60%5.
Eating Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium +4 more
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This chapter explores anorexia nervosa from an evolutionary perspective. It presents an evolutionary analysis of anorexia, including three primary causal factors (predispositions, developmental events, and social influences).
Alfonso Troisi, Michael McGuire
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A representação social da anorexia nervosa entre profissionais do Sistema Único de Saúde do município de Florianópolis/SC: um estudo de caso [PDF]
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Programa de Pós-graduação em Sociologia Política, Florianópolis, 2009A anorexia nervosa nas últimas décadas tem sido alvo de estudos e preocupação ...
Saccol, Ana Paula
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