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Eating disorder

An eating disorder (ED) is a mental disorder defined by abnormal eating behaviors that adversely affect a person's physical or mental health. These behaviors may include eating too much food or too little food, as well as body image issues. Types of eating disorders include anorexia, where the person has an intense fear of gaining weight, thus restricts…

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Causes
Multiple
Complications
Anxiety disorders, depression, substance abuse, arrhythmia, heart failure and other heart problems, acid reflux (gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD), gastrointestinal probl…
Risk factors
Gastrointestinal disorders, history of sexual abuse, bullying, social media, being a dancer or gymnast
Specialty
Neurology, psychiatry, clinical psychology, gastroenterology if caused by GI illness, phoniatrics if caused by dysphagia, dentistry if caused by very bad breath
Symptoms
Abnormal eating habits that negatively affect physical or mental health
Treatment
Counseling, proper diet, normal amount of exercise, medications

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related to Mechanisms · 55
Eating disorder → ADHD, AN, Associated, Biochemical, Blood, BMI, BN, Brain, Bryan Lask, Children, Circulating, ClpB, ClpB IgG, Dopamine, Dysregulation, Eating, Escherichia, Evidence, Ghrelin, Gut
related to Psychological · 38
Eating disorder → After, American Psychiatric Association, ANSOCQ, Axis, Axis II, Beck Depression Inventory, BSQ, BULIT-R, COVID-19, Diagnostic, DSM, DSM-5, DSM-IV, EAT, EAT-26, Eating, ED, EDE, EDE-Q, EDI-3
related to Outcomes · 25
Eating disorder → According, After, An, Attachment, BED, BN, Bulimia Nervosa, Consequently, Eating Disorder Not Otherwise, EDNOS, Factors, For, Impaired Decision Making, In, Iowa Gambling Task, It, Miscarriages, People, Pregnant, Relapse
related to Differential diagnoses · 22
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has treatment · 21
Eating disorder → APA, Care Excellence, Conditions, COVID-19, England, English NHS, Family, Health, If, Individual, NHS England, OCD, Other, Systemic, The, The American Psychiatric Association, The COVID-19, The National Institute, These, Treatment
related to Other · 19
Eating disorder → Compulsive, Diabulimia, Drunkorexia, Food, Gourmand, Individuals, It, Klüver-Bucy, Muscle, Night, Nocturnal, NREM, Orthorexia, Prader-Willi, Pregorexia, Prenatal, Purging, Recurrent, Steven Bratman
has prevention · 17
Eating disorder → Additionally, All Sizes, Children, Discuss, Emotional Bites, Fitness Comes, Focus, Intuitive Eating, It, Positive Body Talk, Prevention, Say No, Talk, Teasing, That, The, When
related to Diagnosis · 12
Eating disorder → Anorexia, As, Black, Brattole, Early, Gordon, Hispanic, In, Joiner, Many, There, Wingate
related to Genetics · 12
Eating disorder → About, An, BDNF, DNA, Dysregulation, Epigenetics, Numerous, Other, POMC, There, They, Twin
related to ICD and DSM diagnoses · 12
Eating disorder → Although, AN, Anorexia, DSM-5, DSM-IV, Females, ICD-10, It, Pubertal, The, There, These

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Eating disorderCausesMultiple1.00infobox
Eating disorderComplicationsAnxiety disorders, depression, substance abuse, arrhythmia, heart failure and other heart problems, acid reflux (gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD), gastrointestinal probl…1.00infobox
Eating disorderRisk factorsGastrointestinal disorders, history of sexual abuse, bullying, social media, being a dancer or gymnast1.00infobox
Eating disorderSpecialtyNeurology, psychiatry, clinical psychology, gastroenterology if caused by GI illness, phoniatrics if caused by dysphagia, dentistry if caused by very bad breath1.00infobox
Eating disorderSymptomsAbnormal eating habits that negatively affect physical or mental health1.00infobox
Eating disorderTreatmentCounseling, proper diet, normal amount of exercise, medications1.00infobox
Eating disorderTypesAnorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, pica, rumination disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, night eating syndrome1.00infobox
Eating disorderis aonly aspect of a chaotic life that they can control0.90text
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rumination disorder occur more often in people with intellectual disabilities.Treatment can be effective for many eating disordersinstance ofSome disorders0.80text
purginginstance ofis characterized by recurrent binge eating followed by compensatory behaviors0.80text
mirror checkinginstance ofThis obsessive focus on appearance can lead to repetitive behaviors0.80text

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