Risk factors, correlates, and markers in early‐onset bulimia nervosa and EDNOS

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Title: Risk factors, correlates, and markers in early‐onset bulimia nervosa and EDNOS
Contributor: Day, Jemma; Schmidt, Ulrike; Collier, David; Perkins, Sarah; Van den Eynde, Frederique; Treasure, Janet; Yi, Irene; Winn, Suzanne; Robinson, Paul; Murphy, Rebecca; Keville, Saskia; Johnson‐Sabine, Eric; Jenkins, Mari; Frost, Susie; Dodge, Liz; Berelowitz, Mark; Eisler, Ivan
imprint: Wiley, 2011
Published in: International Journal of Eating Disorders
Language: English
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20803
ISSN: 1098-108X; 0276-3478
Keywords: Psychiatry and Mental health
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Description: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective:</jats:title><jats:p>This study aimed to investigate the specific risk factors, correlates, and markers associated with the development of symptomatology of early‐onset BN and subclinical BN.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method:</jats:title><jats:p>Two semi‐structured interviews were used to examine symptomatology and antecedent factors of bulimic symptoms in a sample of British adolescents.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results:</jats:title><jats:p>Adolescents with early‐onset eating pathology were significantly more likely to report an earlier age of menarche than those developing the disorder at the typical age, and were found to have a different pathway of symptom development.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion:</jats:title><jats:p>Increased awareness of this may help identify those particularly at risk for developing an early‐onset of eating pathology. © 2010 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2011; 44:287–294)</jats:p></jats:sec>

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