Initial assessment and early treatment options for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa

Journal/Book: Psychiat Clin N Amer. 1996; 19: Independence Square West, Curtis Center, Ste 300, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3399. W B Saunders Co. 639.

Abstract: The key factors to be assessed include weight history, eating behavior, history of binge eating or purge behavior, diet history, overexercise patterns, body image, and, in females, menstrual history. Special assessment techniques for detecting eating disorders in athletes are described. The need for a detailed comprehensive case formulation incorporating factors that have predisposed, precipitated, and sustained the eating disorder is emphasized. Issues involved in choosing the type of treatment and site of treatment (inpatient, day patient, or outpatient) are discussed.

Note: Article PS Powers, Univ S Florida, Coll Med, Dept Psychiat & Behav Med, 3515 E Fletcher Ave, Tampa, FL 33613 USA

Keyword(s): OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; EATING DISORDERS; MENSTRUAL-CYCLE; BODY-IMAGE; DENSITY; FAT; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; VALIDATION; AMENORRHEA; INTERVIEW

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