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Anorexia nervosa: a retrospective view.
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Philosophical and theological notions regarding food and eating are briefly reviewed, as is the history of anorexia nervosa.Abstract:
Philosophical and theological notions regarding food and eating are briefly reviewed, as is the history of anorexia nervosa. Modern studies of social, psychological, and biological aspects of anorexia nervosa have failed, as yet, to provide an organized, coherent understanding of the etiology of this disorder.read more
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9 in the Elderly
TL;DR: The concept of fasting as a virtue originated in the Judeo-Christian tradition where it was utilized to scourge the ftesh and thus purify the spirit and has continued to develop in the American milieu.
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Drug abuse and depression: possible models for geriatric anorexia.
TL;DR: Biochemical models for drug withdrawal and depression may also assist in understanding geriatric anorexia and norepinephrine, corticotropin releasing factor and beta-endorphin may key neurotransmitters in all of these conditions.
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Temporal relationships of emotional avoidance in a patient with anorexia nervosa--a time series analysis.
Esther Stroe-Kunold,Daniela Wesche,Hans-Christoph Friederich,Wolfgang Herzog,Arne Zastrow,Beate Wild +5 more
TL;DR: The findings show that for this patient emotional avoidance plays a central role in the interacting system of various psychosocial variables and would support the recommendation to focus more on emotional regulation in the treatment of AN.
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Anorexia in the Elderly
TL;DR: The concept of fasting as a virtue originated in the Judeo-Christian tradition where it was utilized to scourge the flesh and thus purify the spirit as mentioned in this paper, and the early Passover rite gave birth to fasting during Lent, Ramadam and Yom Kippur, as well as the preparation for the Eucharistic sacrament are other Western fasting rituals that continue today.
15 The B.A.S.H. Approach
TL;DR: Self-help as discussed by the authors is a generalization of self-help groups, which address an enormous variety of problems, including depression, self-esteem, and self-love. But self-helping groups are not always conducive to self-care.
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Diagnostic criteria for use in psychiatric research.
John P. Feighner,Eli Robins,Samuel B. Guze,Robert A. Woodruff,George Winokur,Rodrigo A. Munoz +5 more
TL;DR: Diagnostic criteria for 14 psychiatric illnesses along with the validating evidence for these diagnostic categories comes from workers outside the authors' group as well as from those within; it consists of studies of both outpatients and inpatients, of family studies, and of follow-up studies.
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Eating Disorders: Obesity, Anorexia Nervosa, And The Person Within
TL;DR: General Aspects * Orientation and Point of View * Historical and Sociocultural Perspectives * Biological Basis of Eating Disorders * Hunger Awareness and Individuation * Family Frame and Transactions * Body Image and Self-Awareness Obesity
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Perceptual and conceptual disturbances in anorexia nervosa.
TL;DR: Clinical symptoms and psychodynamic data on 12 patients with the classic anorexia nervosa syndrome were examined as manifestations of disturbances in the perceptual and conceptual fields.
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Awareness of body dimensions in anorexia nervosa: cross-sectional and longitudinal studies.
P. D. Slade,Gerald Russell +1 more
TL;DR: An objective technique for determining bodily perception is described, together with a series of studies involving investigation of bodily perception in anorexia nervosa, and the degree of overestimation of body width exhibited by patients was found to bear a relationship to their progress after discharge from hospital.