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A Computer-Based Platform for Aiding Clinicians in Eating Disorder Analysis and Diagnosis
Published on: May 10, 2022
Eating disorders in adolescents and young adults
1Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, 800 East Leigh Street, Richmond, VA 23298-0126, USA. cbulik@hsc.vcu.edu
Abstract:
Adolescence and young adulthood mark the convergence of substantial biologic and social change. Individuals differ in their innate capacity to tolerate change. Research suggests that some of the personality characteristics that are fundamental to individuals with eating disorders may render them particularly vulnerable to the impact of a changing body and changing social demands. The fact that eating disorders emerge primarily during adolescence and often run a protracted course can deprive the afflicted individual of the core social, emotional, and biologic developmental processes that normally occur during this time of life.
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