Anorexia

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Almost all mental disorders among children or adolescents appeared associated with a lower likelihood of taking the final examination at the end of ninth grade, according to results of a population-based cohort study conducted in Denmark and published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Neural circuitry dysfunction may be associated with prolonged periods of extremely restricted food intake and food avoidance among patients with anorexia nervosa, according to study results published in American Journal of Psychiatry.

According to researchers, eating disorders — which affect more than 1 in 10 Americans — pose “a serious threat” to patients’ health and well-being, but many primary care physicians find it challenging to identify these disorders.

Adolescent girls with anxiety disorder may be at an increased risk for eating disorders, according to results of a longitudinal cohort study published in European Eating Disorders Review.

Researchers have identified eight psychiatric disorders that share a common genetic structure, according to study results published in Cell.

Women with eating disorders are at an increased risk for adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes and should thus be recognized as a high-risk population among pregnant women, according to results of a population-based cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.