Abstracts by keywords: anorexia nervosa
Psychogenic eating disorders include various types of eating disorders that differ in their symptoms. Psychogenic eating disorders include anorexia nervosa (AN), also known as “anorexia”. In addition to bulimia nervosa (BN), also known as “bulimia” or “eating addiction”, and binge eating disorder (BES, also “eating addiction”), AN is one of the most researched forms of eating disorders. Depending on the type of eating disorder, different symptoms are characteristic of psychogenic eating disorders (DGPM/DKPM 2010). The risk of chronicity in eating disorders is high. Those affected usually have to struggle with the disease for several years, require several treatment attempts and the symptoms sometimes persist even after successful therapy. In addition, it is assumed that most of those affected do not attract attention in the healthcare system and that only a fraction of those who do seek treatment (Hoek 2006; DGPM/DKPM 2010; Smink 2016). In addition, eating disorders are accompanied by numerous physical sequelae. The earlier the disease breaks out, the higher the risk of chronic damage (Holtkamp/Herpertz-Dahlmann 2005). In addition, deaths due to an eating disorder are often due to the physical consequences. Overall, mortality in eating disorders is significantly higher: in bulimia by a factor of 1.9 and in anorexia by a factor of 5.9 (Smink 2016).