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Brown L.
Northside Clinic, Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present paper is to review the available literature on abusive experiences and the development of eating disorders, with particular reference to the theoretical basis of the possible links between them. METHOD: The review covers the literature of both interpersonal violence and eating disorders, with special reference to that linking the two fields. Brief case reports and clinical experience from a specialised eating disorders unit are also described. RESULTS: Despite much theoretical speculation of a causal relation between abuse and eating dysfunction there is a lack of empirical research to confirm such theories, and a dearth of treatment suggestions to deal with the comorbid problems of the patient with an eating disorder and a history of abuse. CONCLUSIONS: There is a need for more clinical and experimental focus in this area, particularly in the study of aetiology and the management of dually affected individuals.
PMID: 9140625
If you wish to visit Pub-Med and do a search on this topic you can, what you will find is in all the reviews what you will see is lots of theories and no evidence to back it up. The rates of abuse and ED are in-line with the rates of abuse and non-ED sufferers. Thus it is totally unfair to think that all ED sufferers have suffered some form of abuse.
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REVIEW ON PUBMED:
Brown L.
Northside Clinic, Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present paper is to review the available literature on abusive experiences and the development of eating disorders, with particular reference to the theoretical basis of the possible links between them. METHOD: The review covers the literature of both interpersonal violence and eating disorders, with special reference to that linking the two fields. Brief case reports and clinical experience from a specialised eating disorders unit are also described. RESULTS: Despite much theoretical speculation of a causal relation between abuse and eating dysfunction there is a lack of empirical research to confirm such theories, and a dearth of treatment suggestions to deal with the comorbid problems of the patient with an eating disorder and a history of abuse. CONCLUSIONS: There is a need for more clinical and experimental focus in this area, particularly in the study of aetiology and the management of dually affected individuals.
PMID: 9140625
If you wish to visit Pub-Med and do a search on this topic you can, what you will find is in all the reviews what you will see is lots of theories and no evidence to back it up. The rates of abuse and ED are in-line with the rates of abuse and non-ED sufferers. Thus it is totally unfair to think that all ED sufferers have suffered some form of abuse.
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