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Using the Activity-based Anorexia Rodent Model to Study the Neurobiological Basis of Anorexia Nervosa
Published on: October 22, 2015
[Anorexia nervosa with bulimia and self-provoked-vomiting (a case report)]
Abstract:
A young female anorexia nervosa patient reported who was undigested with food, weight dropped to half of the normal standard. She manifested not only episodic bulimia, impulsive self-injury, suicidal attempt, and obvious depressive emotion; but also self-provoked-vomiting, wandering, stealing and lying. The course of disease lasted already three years, she got 37 points on Hamilton Depressive Scale. Positive DST and normal EEG were exhibited in lab tests. The patient was improved after comprehensive therapy for about 5 months and then discharged. The recent literatures were reviewed on epidemiology, etiology, clinic features, therapy, prognosis and its relationship with depression.
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