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Irish Child Health Database - Peer Reviewed Papers

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anorexia nervosa

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• 1.   Anorexia nervosa or otherwise? The usefulness of adult diagnostic systems in child and adolescent eating disorders

  This case report discusses the usefulness of adult diagnostic systems in child and adolescent eating disorders

  

  Abstract:

  We report on the case of a 15-year-old boy referred to Warrenstown inpatient unit for management of what appeared to be a typical case of anorexia nervosa. Over the course of his admission however, this diagnosis was no longer considered appropriate and substituted for a food avoidance emotional disorder. This is one of a number of cases of young males who have recently been referred more...

  International Classification:

  Mental and behavioural disorders - Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors - eating disorders - Report

  Categories:

  eating disorders

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Vol: 23 Page: 156-158 2006
  Alma Lydon; Onome Agbahovbe; Brendan Doody

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• 2.   Trends in anorexia nervosa in Ireland: A register study

  The aim of this study was to examine trends in anorexia nervosa in Ireland between 1977 and 1985 using national registers of psychiatric and general hospital admissions

  

  Abstract:

  The assumption that anorexia nervosa has increased in incidence over this century in western societies, mainly in the young female population, has been questioned by recent studies. This paper examines trends in anorexia nervosa in Ireland between 1977 and 1985 using national registers of psychiatric and general hospital admissions. The findings broadly concur with international studies more...

  International Classification:

  Mental and behavioural disorders - Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors - anorexia nervosa

  Categories:

  anorexia nervosa

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  European Eating Disorders Review, Vol: 9 Page: 263-276 2001
  R. Shinkwin; P. J. Standen

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