Eating disorder

Principles of Psychopharmacology for Mental Health Professionals By Jeffrey E. Kelsey, D. Jeffrey Newport, and Charles B. Nemeroff Copyright 2006 John Wiley Sons, Inc. 

Anorexia nervosa is a disease that mainly affects women, usually aged 10-30 years, and is characterised by three main features  

Anorexia nervosa was first described as a distinct clinical entity by Sir William Gull in 1873. He described 

Self-inflicted starvation was not uncommon in early religious groups, so that anorexia nervosa may have occurred in the medieval periods but Richard Martin is usually credited with the first medical description in 1689 1 do not remember that 1 ever did in all my practice see one, that was conversant with living so much wasted with the greatest degree of consumption (Uke a skeleton only clad with skin) . 

During the Second World War when food was scarce, anorexia nervosa was relatively rare. It has been reported that in Italy between 1939 and 1945 there were no patients 

Studies have been carried ont on levels of hormones involved in the response to starvation and in control of the menstrual cycle in anorexic patients  

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Anorexia Anorexia is loss of appetite. You may be familiar with the eating disorder, anorexia nervosa, in which the victim restricts dietary intake to starvation levels. Anorexia may be a symptom of acute or chronic exposure to certain chemicals. If you have suffered an unexplained loss of appetite in conjunction with other unusual symptoms, you may want to explore the MSDSs for chemicals that... 

Anorexia nervosa (AN) and Binge-eating disorder (BED) 1. Increased blood levels of AEA in patients with AN and BED may participate in reward aspects of aberrant eating behaviours 1. None tested... 

MC4R for feeding behaviour, targeting one or both of these recqDtors in addition to understanding the complex cross-talk within the CNS may lead to the development of melanocortin based therapeutics for the treatment of eating disorders [5]. 

Geen tea Camellia sinensis Reduces cancer, lowers lipid levels, helps prevent dental caries, antimicrobial and anti oxidative effects Contains caffeine (may cause mild stimulant effects such as anxiety, nervousness, heart irregularities, restlessness, insomnia, and digestive irritation) Contains caffeine and should be avoided during pregnancy, by individuals with hypertension, anxiety, eating disorders, insomnia, diabetes, and ulcers. 

Samanin, R and Grignaschi, G (1996) Role of 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor subtypes in satiety and animal models of eating disorders. In Drug Receptor Subtypes and Ingestive Behaviour (Eds Cooper, SJ and Clifton, PG), Academic Press, London, pp. 39-58. 

Cholecystokinin A and B Anxiogenesis, satiation, Panic, eating disorders,... 

An azetidine motif was also present in two series of CBi antagonist compounds disclosed by Vernalis Research [335, 336]. In the former, compound (560) was claimed to have an affinity of 285 nM in transfected HEK293 cells using tritium-labelled (382). Among the preferred indications were psychosis, schizophrenia, smoking cessation and eating disorders associated with excessive food intake. Compound (561) was claimed to have an affinity of 0.8 nM in the same binding assay [336]. 

Bipolar I disorder affects men and women equally bipolar II seems to be more common in women. Rapid cycling and mixed mania occur more often in women. Individuals with bipolar disorder commonly have another psychiatric disease with 78% to 85% reporting another Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) diagnosis during their lifetime. The most common comorbid conditions include anxiety, substance abuse, and eating disorders.2... 

Eating disorders leuprolide acetate, nafarelin, gosarelin)... 

Anorexia is an eating disorder that mainly affects adolescents (most often, girls). People with this disorder have an intense fear of gaining... 

Figure 7.1 Many times, people with eating disorders do not see a true image of themselves. When looking into a mirror, these people only see a large, fat stomach and heavy thighs. In reality, they could be so thin that they look like a walking skeleton only in their heads are they fat.

Even though Jen was angry with me for a long time, she finally realized that she was slowly killing herself, and eventually she thanked me. She still sees a psychiatrist for her eating disorder, and may have to do so for a long time. She is safe and healthy again, but the road to recovery for this disorder is a rocky one. 

Forman, S. F. Eating Disorders Epidemiology, pathogenesis, and clinical features. Uptodate, ed. S. F. Forman. Wellesley, MA Uptodate, 2004. 

Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc. (ANRED)... 

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Eating Disorders Facts About Eating Disorders and the Search for Solutions ... 

Eating disorders PN should be considered for patients with anorexia neivosa and severe malnutrition who are unable or unwilling to ingest adequate nutrition. 

The DSM-IV includes two primary eating disorder diagnoses Anorexia Nervosa (AN) and Bulimia Nervosa (BN). The DSM also includes a... 

Overall, this study supports the existence of an eating disorder taxon. However, the evidence is not particularly strong. The consistency of the mixed-sample analyses is fairly high (acceptably low base rate variability), but the sample composition confounds the interpretation of these findings. To resolve this issue, the authors performed analyses in the student-only sample and found evidence of taxonicity, but some of these analyses were not consistent. Interestingly, the high base rate variability was mostly a problem for analyses using the empirical indicators, which consisted of only a few items and hence were probably less reliable than theoretical indicators. The observed inconsistency may be due to low reliability of the empirical indicators. 

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