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Relationship of the eating disorders to depression biological similarities and differences

Author(s) -

Halmi Katherine A.

Publication year - 1985

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/eat.2260040424

Subject(s) - bulimia nervosa , eating disorders , psychology , anorexia nervosa , clinical psychology , nosology , depression (economics) , psychiatry , psychotherapist , economics , macroeconomics

Behavioral signs and symptoms and biological similarities present in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and depressive disorder have been the spur for a variety of investigations comparing the eating disorders with affective disorder. These studies have examined and compared the phenomenology, family history, and neuroendocrinology of these disorders. A review of all the pertinent studies does not allow one to conclude that the eating disorders are a form of affective disorder.

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