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- Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry
- College Seminars Series
- Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Reviews
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Clinical Epidemiology
- Chapter 2 Assessment, Formulation and Diagnosis
- Chapter 3.1 Clinical Features of Depressive Disorders
- Chapter 3.2 Causes of Depression
- Chapter 3.3 Drug and Physical Treatments of Depression
- Chapter 3.4 Psychological and Social Treatment of Depression
- Chapter 4.1 Bipolar Disorder
- Chapter 4.2 Bipolar Disorder
- Chapter 5.1 Schizophrenia and Other Primary Psychoses
- Chapter 5.2 Causes and Outcome of Psychosis
- Chapter 5.3 Drug Treatment of the Psychoses
- Chapter 5.4 Psychosocial Management of Psychosis
- Chapter 6.1 Anxiety Disorders
- Chapter 6.2 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Chapter 6.3 Specific Phobias
- Chapter 6.4 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
- Chapter 6.5 Functional Neurological Disorder
- Chapter 6.6 Bodily Distress Disorder, Chronic Pain and Factitious Disorders
- Chapter 7.1 Clinical Features and Implications of New Classification of Personality Disorders
- Chapter 7.2 Clinical Approaches to Personality Disorder (AKA Complex Emotional Needs)
- Chapter 7.3 Antisocial and Other Personality Disorders, Impulse Control Disorders, and Non-substance Addictive Disorders
- Chapter 8 Neuropsychiatric Disorders
- Chapter 9 Autism
- Chapter 10 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Chapter 11 Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry
- Chapter 12 Eating Disorders
- Chapter 13 Perinatal Psychiatry
- Chapter 14 Substance Use Disorders
- Chapter 15 Suicide and Self Harm
- Chapter 16 Physical Health Care
- Chapter 17 Culture, Mental Health and Mental Illnesses
- Chapter 18 Psychiatry in Primary Care
- Chapter 19 Psychiatry in the General Hospital
- Chapter 20 Adult Mental Health Services
- Index
- References
Chapter 12 - Eating Disorders
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 April 2024
- Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry
- College Seminars Series
- Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Reviews
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Clinical Epidemiology
- Chapter 2 Assessment, Formulation and Diagnosis
- Chapter 3.1 Clinical Features of Depressive Disorders
- Chapter 3.2 Causes of Depression
- Chapter 3.3 Drug and Physical Treatments of Depression
- Chapter 3.4 Psychological and Social Treatment of Depression
- Chapter 4.1 Bipolar Disorder
- Chapter 4.2 Bipolar Disorder
- Chapter 5.1 Schizophrenia and Other Primary Psychoses
- Chapter 5.2 Causes and Outcome of Psychosis
- Chapter 5.3 Drug Treatment of the Psychoses
- Chapter 5.4 Psychosocial Management of Psychosis
- Chapter 6.1 Anxiety Disorders
- Chapter 6.2 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Chapter 6.3 Specific Phobias
- Chapter 6.4 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
- Chapter 6.5 Functional Neurological Disorder
- Chapter 6.6 Bodily Distress Disorder, Chronic Pain and Factitious Disorders
- Chapter 7.1 Clinical Features and Implications of New Classification of Personality Disorders
- Chapter 7.2 Clinical Approaches to Personality Disorder (AKA Complex Emotional Needs)
- Chapter 7.3 Antisocial and Other Personality Disorders, Impulse Control Disorders, and Non-substance Addictive Disorders
- Chapter 8 Neuropsychiatric Disorders
- Chapter 9 Autism
- Chapter 10 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Chapter 11 Sleep Disorders and Psychiatry
- Chapter 12 Eating Disorders
- Chapter 13 Perinatal Psychiatry
- Chapter 14 Substance Use Disorders
- Chapter 15 Suicide and Self Harm
- Chapter 16 Physical Health Care
- Chapter 17 Culture, Mental Health and Mental Illnesses
- Chapter 18 Psychiatry in Primary Care
- Chapter 19 Psychiatry in the General Hospital
- Chapter 20 Adult Mental Health Services
- Index
- References
Summary
Eating disorders are complex and serious illnesses that can result in physical and psychiatric comorbidities, medical emergencies and progressive health consequences. Although general psychiatrists may be called upon to assist in emergencies or differential diagnoses, training in this area has been limited. The author attempts to fill the gap by providing a summary of the most recent advances in the field of eating disorders in this chapter to help orient trainees and general psychiatrists. This chapter provides an overview of the most recent changes to the DSM-5 and ICD-11 diagnostic categories for eating disorders, as well as their epidemiology, aetiology and treatment, including the management of complications and life-threatening medical emergencies.
The chapter summarises recent advances in the genetic and neurobiological understanding of eating disorders, as well as emerging new research. These scientific advances have the potential to contribute to the development of new, more-effective eating disorder treatments in the future.
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- Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry , pp. 565 - 597Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024