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Stephen Touyz

Researcher at University of Sydney

Publications -  380
Citations -  12518

Stephen Touyz is an academic researcher from University of Sydney. The author has contributed to research in topics: Eating disorders & Anorexia nervosa (differential diagnoses). The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 337 publications receiving 10390 citations. Previous affiliations of Stephen Touyz include Macquarie University & Max Planck Society.

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Pharmacotherapy, alternative and adjunctive therapies for eating disorders: findings from a rapid review

TL;DR: The evidence base for adjunctive and alternative therapies in the treatment of eating disorders and disordered eating has been surveyed in this paper , where the authors identified a lack of effective medications in the field of ED.
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Body Image Disturbance in Anorexia Nervosa

TL;DR: Body recognition was studied in female patients with anorexia nervosa and age matched controls, using a distorted image on a video monitor, and the patients’ desired body shape was significantly thinner than that of controls, as was their estimation of what constitutes a normal body shape.
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Correcting the eating disorder in anorexia nervosa

TL;DR: A statistically significant improvement was noted in the occurrence of obsessional eating behaviour and in table manners, but there was no change in the speed of eating, disposal of food or behaviours which reduce caloric intake.