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Chapter 1 - What Are Eating Disorders?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2020

Jane Morris  and
Caz Nahman
Jane Morris
Affiliation:
Royal Cornhill Hospital
Caz Nahman
Affiliation:
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
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Summary

This chapter briefly summarises some of the causes of eating disorders and introduces the reader to the concept of bio-psycho-social formulation and how to develop a formulation with the patient, looking at predisposing factors, precipitation (trigger) factors, and maintaining factors within an eating disorder.

Keywords

anorexia nervosabulimia nervosaprognosisincidenceprevalence
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New to Eating Disorders , pp. 1 - 7
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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