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Eating disorders and panic: Four cases of pathological coping
Author(s) -
Chesler Betty E.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(199709)22:2<219::aid-eat15>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - panic , pathological , panic disorder , psychology , distress , coping (psychology) , eating disorders , psychiatry , clinical psychology , anxiety , medicine
Four cases demonstrate the intensification of distress when coping triggers panic and pathological eating. In all four cases, eating‐disordered patients attempt to alleviate panic with food, and instead exacerbate both the panic and eating disorder symptomatology. Implications for the assessment and treatment of persons diagnosed with panic disorder and an eating disorder are presented. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 22: 219– 22, 1997.