Eating Disorders
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Sunday, November 08, 2009

The clinical course of advanced dementia.

13 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Dementia is a leading cause of death in the United States but is underrecognized as a terminal illness. The clinical course of nursing home residents with advanced dementia has not been well described. METHODS: We followed 323 nursing ... Read more...

A 4-year prospective study of eating disorder NOS compared with full eating disorder syndromes.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine the course of Eating Disorder NOS (EDNOS) compared with anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and binge eating disorder (BED). METHOD: Prospective study of 385 participants meeting DSM-IV criteria for AN, BN, BED, and ... Read more...

Health care utilization in patients with eating disorders.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine health care costs among patients with eating disorders (EDs) using the Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota claims database system. METHOD: Four groups of individuals enrolled between 1999 and 2005 were identified: (1) a ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Eating Disorders'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The clinical course of advanced dementia. 13 Oct 2009
• Ovarian cancer. Usefulness of abdominal symptoms in early diagnosis. 27 Sep 2009
• [Weight loss] 21 Sep 2009
• A 4-year prospective study of eating disorder NOS compared with full eating disorder syndromes. 30 Aug 2009
• Health care utilization in patients with eating disorders. 30 Aug 2009
• Effect of perceived anonymity in assessments of eating disordered behaviors and attitudes. 30 Aug 2009
• Vegetarian diets and disordered eating. 30 Aug 2009
• Risk of ovarian cancer in women with symptoms in primary care: population based case-control study. 23 Aug 2009
• Psychotherapy approaches for adolescents with eating disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• A method for the control of eating rate: a potential intervention in eating disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• Confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis of the distress tolerance scale (DTS) in a clinical sample of eating disorder patients. 10 Jul 2009
• Association of higher parental and grandparental education and higher school grades with risk of hospitalization for eating disorders in females: the Uppsala birth cohort multigenerational study. 7 Jul 2009
• Eating disorders: a basic emotion perspective. 29 Jun 2009
• Eating disorders and emotions. 29 Jun 2009
• Eating disorders and multi-level models of emotion: an integrated model. 29 Jun 2009
• Shame, pride and eating disorders. 29 Jun 2009
• An exploration of the main sources of shame in an eating-disordered population. 29 Jun 2009
• Perception of threat from emotions and its role in poor emotional expression within eating pathology. 29 Jun 2009
• A two-phase population study: relationships between overweight, body composition and risk of eating disorders. 29 Jun 2009
• Mental representations of attachment in eating disorders: a pilot study using the Adult Attachment Interview. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Eating Disorders'

Definition: A group of disorders characterized by physiological and psychological disturbances in appetite or food intake.

Descriptor UI: D001068

Alternative terms: Eating Disorders; Eating Disorder; Appetite Disorders; Appetite Disorder;

Related Mesh Headings: Obesity; Thinness;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.375;

Online Note: use EATING DISORDERS to search APPETITE DISORDERS 1966-88

History Note: 89; was APPETITE DISORDERS 1963-88

Technical Notes: in children, use FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD if related to mental disorder