Anorexia Nervosa
An eating disorder causing people to obsess about weight and what they eat.
Anorexia is characterized by a distorted body image, with an unwarranted fear of being overweight.
Symptoms include trying to maintain a below-normal weight through starvation or too much exercise.
Medical treatment may be needed to restore normal weight. Talk therapy can help with self-esteem and behavior changes.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W011
Diagnosis: Anorexia Nervosa
US Patients:
World Patients: 3 Mil
Sex Ratio:
Age Onset: 12
Brain Area: dorsal anterior cigulate cortex – self-control
Symptoms: low weight, fear of gaining weight, food restriction
Progression: purging, perception of being overweight, self-harming. Feeling full; lost periods and ovulation
Causes: genetic, professions requiring “thinness”,inheritable
Medications: limited benefits found. Therapy: Remission: m-3 years; w-7 years
Therapies: Psychotherapy-reduce need to be thin; more food; CBT
Youtube Video: My Anorexia Story
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Anorexia Nervosa
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Support Group: allianceforeatingdisorders.com
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Section 12.13.
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
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PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- Compensatory eating disorder and full threshold DSM eating disorders: A comparison of eating-disorder-related psychiatric impairment and symptomatologyby Sonakshi Negi on November 4, 2024
CONCLUSION: Individuals with CED had substantial ED psychopathology and internalizing-disorder prevalence, comparable to individuals with full-threshold EDs. Individuals with CED had high levels of psychiatric impairment, but their impairment was lower than individuals with full-threshold EDs. Our results indicate that CED is a clinically significant disorder.
- Atlas of gray matter volume differences across psychiatric conditions: A systematic review with a novel meta-analysis that considers co-occurring disordersby Lydia Fortea on November 4, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: This work offers the most comprehensive atlas of GMV correlates across major mental disorders. Modeling co-occurring disorders yielded more specific correlates, supporting this approach's validity. The atlas NIfTI maps are available online.
- Fibre-specific white matter changes in anorexia nervosaby Feliberto de la Cruz on November 4, 2024
A large body of literature exists on white matter (WM) abnormalities in individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN). However, these studies have primarily relied on the diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), a technique known for its limited ability to resolve complex WM fibre arrangements. To overcome limitations of DTI, this study employed fixel-based analysis (FBA) to investigate fibre-specific WM abnormalities in AN. FBA, which incorporates information on connectivity and crossing-fibres, offers greater...
- Optimized psilocybin production in tryptophan catabolism-repressed fungiby Slavica Janevska on November 2, 2024
The high therapeutic potential of psilocybin, a prodrug of the psychotropic psilocin, holds great promise for the treatment of mental disorders such as therapy-refractory depression, alcohol use disorder and anorexia nervosa. Psilocybin has been designated a 'Breakthrough Therapy' by the US Food and Drug Administration, and therefore a sustainable production process must be established to meet future market demands. Here, we present the development of an in vivo psilocybin production chassis...