Risk Factors for Anorexia Nervosa
Archives of General PsychiatryPublished 1 May 1999
Christopher G. Fairburn, Zafra Cooper, Helen Doll, Sarah L. Welch
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There appears to be a broad range of risk factors for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, some of which are shared with other psychiatric disorders.
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There appears to be a broad range of risk factors for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, some of which are shared with other psychiatric disorders. Factors that increase the likelihood of dieting seem to have more important influence as risk factors for bulimia nervosa than anorexia nervosa. Perfectionism and negative self-evaluation appear to be particularly common and characteristic antecedents of both eating disorders.
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