Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia as Developmental Crises [PDF]
Eating disorders are classified as developmental crises and typically develop during the adolescent years when youths face the identity versus role confusion psychosocial stage of development.
Barnett, Ashley M.
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A risk and maintenance model for bulimia nervosa: From impulsive action to compulsive behavior.
This article offers a new model for bulimia nervosa (BN) that explains both the initial impulsive nature of binge eating and purging, as well as the compulsive quality of the fully developed disorder.
Carolyn M Pearson+2 more
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Ciente da importância de estudos de transtornos alimentares em adolescentes, este trabalho identificou a ocorrência de distúrbios da imagem corporal e de bulimia nervosa, em 187 adolescentes. Pelo Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ), foi demonstrado que 48,13%
Alice Maria de Souza-Kaneshima+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 ...
André Scherag+66 more
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Bulimia from the Perspective of Persian Medicine (PM) [PDF]
Eating disorders are debilitating, life-threatening, and costly mental disorders that significantly impair physical health and adversely affect psychosocial functioning. Nowadays, six main feeding and eating disorders are identified in diagnostic systems,
Fatemeh Nojavan, Narges Tajik
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Attitudes Towards Suicide among People with Eating Disorders
Clients of social workers have elevated suicide risks. One of those types of clients are people with eating disorders. Suicidality is associated with attitudes towards suicide.
Uršulė Toleikytė
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Introduction Epidemiologic information on sociodemographic and clinical characteristics in eating disorders in Western European countries are scarce.
Bruffaerts, Ronny+9 more
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Bulimia Nervosa – medical complications
As with anorexia nervosa, there are many medical complications associated with bulimia nervosa. In bulimia nervosa, these complications are a direct result of both the mode and the frequency of purging behaviours.
P. Mehler, Melanie Rylander
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The use of a positive mood induction video-clip to target eating behaviour in people with bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder: An experimental study [PDF]
Recent theoretical models and empirical research have indicated that momentary negative affect increases the likelihood of binge eating episodes for individuals with bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.
Cardi, Valentina+4 more
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Disordered eating behaviour is associated with blunted cortisol and cardiovascular reactions to acute psychological stress [PDF]
Research suggests a potential dysregulation of the stress response in individuals with bulimia nervosa. This study measured both cardiovascular and cortisol reactions to a standardised laboratory stress task in individuals identified as showing ...
Abraham+71 more
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