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Section 1: Defining eating disorders

(1.1) Section 1: Defining eating disorders

(1.2) Normal weight

(1.3) BMI graph

(1.4) Classification 

(1.5) Anorexia nervosa

(1.6) Anorexia nervosa

(1.7) Bulimia nervosa

(1.8) Eating disorders not otherwise specified

(1.9) Limitations

(1.10) Section 1: Recap 

(1.11) Section 1: Summary

 

Section 2: Anorexia nervosa

(2.1) Section 2: Anorexia nervosa

(2.2) Case vignette: anorexia nervosa

(2.3) Case vignette: anorexia nervosa

(2.4) Reflection: response

(2.5) Psychological features

(2.6) Psychological features

(2.7) Additional strategies to further manipulate weight

(2.8) Reflection

(2.9) Reflection: response

(2.10) Restrictive and binge-purge subtypes

(2.11) Reflection

(2.12) Reflection: response

(2.13) Comorbidity

(2.14) Depression

(2.15) Obsessive-compulsive disorder

(2.16) Anxiety disorders

(2.17) Self-harm

(2.18) Impulsivity

(2.19) Reflection

(2.20) Reflection: response

(2.21) The Minnesota experiment (Keys 1950)

(2.22) Section 2: Recap 1

(2.23) Physical features

(2.24) Low body weight

(2.25) Weight loss in children

(2.26) Skin changes

(2.27) Musculoskeletal system

(2.28) Cardiac complications

(2.29) Gastrointestinal effects

(2.30) Renal system

(2.31) Reproductive system

(2.32) Other hormonal changes

(2.33) Haematological and immunological changes

(2.34) Biochemistry

(2.35) Reflection

(2.36) Reflection: response

(2.37) Section 2: Recap 2

(2.38) Section 2: Summary

 

Section 3: Bulimia nervosa 

(3.1) Section 3: Bulimia nervosa 

(3.2) Case vignette: bulimia nervosa

(3.3) Case vignette: bulimia nervosa

(3.4) Reflection: response

(3.5) Psychological features

(3.7) Binge eating

(3.8) Compensatory behaviours

(3.9) Reflection

(3.10) Reflection

(3.11) Comorbidity

(3.12) Multi-impulsive eating disorders

(3.13) Physical features

(3.14) Body weight

(3.15) Skin

(3.16) Cardiovascular system

(3.17) Gastrointestinal system

(3.18) Reproductive system

(3.19) Biochemical abnormalities

(3.20) Section 3: Recap

(3.21) Section 3: Summary

 

Section 4: Recognising eating disorders

(4.1) Section 4: Recognising eating disorders

(4.2) The 'SCOFF'

(4.3) Section 4: Recap

(4.4) Section 4: Summary

 

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Appendix: DSM-IV classification

 

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