Anorexia nervosa: an increasing problem in children and adolescents

Information from eating disorder clinics across five continents suggests that anorexia nervosa is becoming an increasing problem in children and young adolescents. There is some indication that anxiety disorders in childhood may be a major risk factor for the development of anorexia nervosa. Early r...

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Autor principal: Halmi, Katherine A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Les Laboratoires Servier 2009
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19432392
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description Information from eating disorder clinics across five continents suggests that anorexia nervosa is becoming an increasing problem in children and young adolescents. There is some indication that anxiety disorders in childhood may be a major risk factor for the development of anorexia nervosa. Early recognition and family treatment for this disorder are essential to prevent chronic impairment.
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spelling pubmed-31819032011-10-27 Anorexia nervosa: an increasing problem in children and adolescents Halmi, Katherine A. Dialogues Clin Neurosci Brief Report Information from eating disorder clinics across five continents suggests that anorexia nervosa is becoming an increasing problem in children and young adolescents. There is some indication that anxiety disorders in childhood may be a major risk factor for the development of anorexia nervosa. Early recognition and family treatment for this disorder are essential to prevent chronic impairment. Les Laboratoires Servier 2009-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3181903/ /pubmed/19432392 Text en Copyright: © 2009 LLS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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