Eating Disorders: A Patient-Centered Approach by Kathleen M. Berg, Dermot J. Hurley, James A. McSherry, Nancy

By Kathleen M. Berg, Dermot J. Hurley, James A. McSherry, Nancy E. Strange, Ian McWhinney

First 3 editors of this identify carry educating posts on the college of Western Ontario, and the fourth is a dietitian on the kid's clinic of Western Ontario, London, Canada

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The stress of trying to do it all can be overwhelming. It leads women to feel out of control and ine¡ective in meeting the challenges of life and it can lead girls to be extremely wary of going out into the world. Feelings of ine¡ectiveness and loss of control are common themes in the lives of those with eating disorders. Individual predispositions The multidimensional model acknowledges the presence of certain individual predispositions, including personality traits and early childhood experiences which play a contributory role in the development of eating disorders.

In: KD Brownell and CG Fairburn (eds) Eating Disorders and Obesity; a comprehensive handbook. Guilford Press, New York. McSherry JA (1984) Anorexia nervosa and bulimia: the problem of the pleasing child! Can Fam Physician. 30: 1633^8. McSherry JA (1985) Was Mary Queen of Scots anorectic? Scot Med J. 30: 243^5. McSherry JA (1990) Polycystic ovary syndrome and bulimia: evidence for an occasional causal relationship. Med Psychotherapist. 6(3): 10^11. McSherry JA (1992) Recognizing and Managing the Medical Complications of the Eating Disorders.

Dentists may be the ¢rst health professionals to identify eating disorders when they see oral health consequences typical of repetitive vomiting in their patients. , 1995). Levels of luteinizing and folliclestimulating hormones remain low. This produces a condition technically described as hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, where sex hormone levels are low because the brain fails to produce the usual triggers (neurotransmitters) for their production (Fichter, 1992). , 1990), and lack of sexual interest and function in a¡ected men.

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