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A study of 56 families with anorexia nervosa.
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This article is published in British Journal of Medical Psychology.The article was published on 1977-12-01. It has received 158 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Anorexia nervosa (differential diagnoses).read more
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Development and validation of a multidimensional eating disorder inventory for anorexia nervosa and bulimia.
TL;DR: The Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) as discussed by the authors is a self-report, multiscale measure designed for the assessment of psychological and behavioral traits common in anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia.
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The Eating Attitudes Test: an index of the symptoms of anorexia nervosa.
TL;DR: The EAT was validated using 2 groups of female anorexia nervosa patients and female control subjects and total EAT score was significantly correlated with criterion group membership, suggesting a high level of concurrent validity.
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The outcome of Anorexia nervosa in the 20th century
TL;DR: There was no convincing evidence that the outcome of anorexia nervosa improved over the second half of the last century, and vomiting, bulimia, and purgative abuse, chronicity of illness, and obsessive-compulsive personality symptoms are unfavorable prognostic features.
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Socio-cultural factors in the development of anorexia nervosa
TL;DR: The data suggest that both pressures to be slim and achievement expectations are risk factors in the development of anorexia nervosa.
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Risk factors for anorexia nervosa: three integrated case-control comparisons.
TL;DR: There appears to be a broad range of risk factors for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, some of which are shared with other psychiatric disorders.