Increased QT variability in patients with anorexia nervosa - An indicator for increased cardiac mortality
International Journal of Eating Disorders, 10/13/2009
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Bar KJ et al. – The increase in QT variability might at least in part account for the higher risk of cardiac arrhythmias in patients with anorexia nervosa. Once validated in a prospective study ... serve as surrogate markers for arrhythmia risk stratification in anorexia nervosa. Supplementation with potassium might normalize QT variability abnormalities.
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Pubertal process and green-sickness in Renaissance drama: a form fruste of anorexia nervosa
Australasian Psychiatry, 10/07/2009
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Potter U et al. – Green–sickness shares certain similarities with anorexia nervosa. It is a post menarcheal condition arising out of the body's ripeness for reproduction at around the age of 14 ... development of both green–sickness and anorexia nervosa appear to share a common theme in the context of puberty.
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A Neural Signature of Anorexia Nervosa in the Ventral Striatal Reward System
American Journal of Psychiatry, 10/20/2009
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Fladung AK et al. – The findings are consistent with predictions in animal studies of the pivotal role of the human reward system in anorexia nervosa and thus support theories of starvation dependence in maintenance ... health,eating disorders,neuropsych sciences,psychiatry
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Increased Mortality in Bulimia Nervosa and Other Eating Disorders
American Journal of Psychiatry, 10/23/2009
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Crow SJ et al. – Individuals with eating disorder not otherwise specified, which is sometimes viewed as a "less severe" eating disorder, had elevated mortality risks, similar to those found in anorexia nervosa. This study also ... of suicide across eating disorder diagnoses.
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The Outcome of Bulimia Nervosa: Findings From One-Quarter Century of Research
American Journal of Psychiatry, 11/06/2009
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Steinhausen HC et al. – One–quarter of a century of specific research in bulimia nervosa shows that the disorder still has an unsatisfactory outcome in many patients. More refined interventions may contribute ... outcomes in the future.
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Understanding the Relation Between Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa in a Swedish National Twin Sample
Biological Psychiatry, 10/19/2009
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Bulik CM et al. – The authors highlight the contribution of additive genetic factors to both narrow and broad AN and BN and demonstrate a moderate overlap of both genetic and unique ... Common concurrent and sequential comorbidity of AN and BN can in part be accounted for by shared genetic and environmental influences on liability although independent factors also operative.
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Cost-utility of treatment of bulimia nervosa
International Journal of Eating Disorders, 10/13/2009
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Pohjolainen V et al. – HRQoL of bulimia nervosa patients is severely impaired, but treatment has a clear positive effect on HRQoL. The cost per QALY gained is comparable to many other treatments.
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Micrographia and hypophonia in anorexia nervosa
International Journal of Eating Disorders, 11/04/2009
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Sekar MK et al. – The authors are presenting a 22–years–old female patient with anorexia nervosa who suffered from both these conditions. The patient also suffered from epilepsy. The onset of these symptoms, progress, and current ... the possible biological and psychodynamic etiology for these symptoms in this young woman.
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Body dissatisfaction moderates weight curves in the inpatient treatment of anorexia nervosa
International Journal of Eating Disorders, 10/21/2009
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Vansteelandt K et al. – Body dissatisfaction moderates patients' weight curves over the course of inpatient treatment but more research on factors determining weight curves is needed.
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Early response to family-based treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa
International Journal of Eating Disorders, 10/15/2009
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Doyle PM et al. – Results suggest that adolescents with AN, receiving FBT, who do not show early weight gain are unlikely to remit at end of treatment.
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