anorexia nervosa

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Clinicians continue to debate how best to define it, as orthorexia can share features of anorexia nervosa and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

From Slate • May 25, 2025

Milly Goldsmith, 27, a lifestyle influencer from London, struggled with anorexia nervosa and body dysmorphia from the age of 13 to 18.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

In fact, until 2013, the loss of menstruation had long been considered an official symptom of anorexia nervosa.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

With anorexia nervosa having the second highest mortality rate of psychiatric diseases, more research is desperately needed into new prevention strategies and treatments.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

A peculiar type of anorexia is that striking and remarkable digestive disturbance of hysteria which Sir William Gull has called anorexia nervosa.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)