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- Aetiology: Genetic- 6-10% of female siblings of patients with established anorexia
nervosa suffer with the condition.
Hypothalamic dysfunction - with abnormal control of food iknlake and reduced...>more
- Clinical features: Main clinical features ‑
A body weight more than 25% below the standard weight.
An intense wish to be thin.
Amennorrhoea (in women)
Central psychological features...>more
- Differential diagnosis: Exclude functional psychiatric illnesses
Phobic anxiety neuroses
Obsessive compulsive neuroses.
Depressive disorders.
Schizophrenia.
Exclude organic disorders ‑...>more
- Epidemiology: Age ‑
Females ‑
Onset usually between ages 16-17.
Onset seldom after the age of 30.
Males - onset usually about the age of 12.
Sex ‑
More...>more
- Management: Physical - chlorpromazine and tricycle antidepressants may be used to promote
weight gain. However, the effect is temporary and drug treatment has been
superseded by psychological...>more
- Prognosis: Untreated cases - the prognosis is very poor.
Treated cases - the rule of
thirds‑
One third - recover fully.
One third - recover somewhat.
One third - little...>more
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