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Flying under the radar: first hospitalisation with anorexia nervosa at age 54
Author(s) -
Ng Faith,
Bruxner George
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja15.01396
Subject(s) - george (robot) , faith , citation , anorexia nervosa , psychology , library science , history , psychiatry , theology , art history , philosophy , computer science , eating disorders
The Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fifth edition, has broadened the criteria for anorexia nervosa to allow for persistent behaviours that resist weight gain even in the absence of distorted body image. With this criterion, a recent study found that the prevalence of anorexia nervosa in the Australian population was about 0.46%. Earlier research had shown that more people with anorexia nervosa were surviving in the community than were being cared for in primary care or mental health facilities.