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Using the Activity-based Anorexia Rodent Model to Study the Neurobiological Basis of Anorexia Nervosa
Published on: October 22, 2015
[Multifactorial aspects of eating disorders]
A Banaś1, A Januszkiewicz-Grabias, P Radziwiłłowicz
1Katedry i I Kliniki Chorób Psychicznych AM w Gdańsku.
Abstract:
A group of patients (52 women and 3 men) aged 12-39 with the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa (51 persons) and bulimia nervosa (4 persons) treated in the I Psychiatry Department of Medical University of Gdańsk between 1972-1994 was studied. The diagnostic criteria were in accord with the DSM-IV. Among anorectic patients 45 persons were of restricting type and 6 were of bulimic type. Duration of illness was 1-14 years. Most of the patients were still students. Analysis of the aspects of eating disorders showed family conflict situations, single parents, conflicts between parents, competition at home. The patients presented fearful attitude, egocentrism, problems with acceptation of the gender role, obsessive-compulsive traits. In 36.7% cases minimal brain damage symptoms were found. Statistically significant weight gain was observed after neuroleptic treatment.
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