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Untitled. Untitled. A Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA.b the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.c Pope at McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02178 USA. Available online 6 April 2004 Choose an option to locate/access this article: Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution Check access Get rights and content Two disorders of body image encountered in a study of 108 bodybuilders are described. In a study of the psychiatric effects of anabolic steroids, structured interviews were administered to 55 bodybuilders who had used anabolic steroids and 53 non-user controls. Ajp.psychiatryonline. 1983 Garner EDI. The long-term course of severe anorexia nervosa in adolescents: Survival analysis of recovery, relapse, and outcome predictors over 10–15 years in a prospective study - Strober - 1998 - International Journal of Eating Disorders.

Psychosomatic Families: Anorexia Nervosa in Context - Salvador MINUCHIN, Bernice L. Rosman, Lester Baker, Salvador Minuchin. Psychological Medicine - The Eating Attitudes Test: an index of the symptoms of anorexia nervosa. PsycNET - Display Record. PsycNET - Display Record. Psychological Medicine - Bulimia nervosa: an ominous variant of anorexia nervosa. Research Article Bulimia nervosa: an ominous variant of anorexia nervosa Gerald Russella1 c1 a1 Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital, London Abstract Thirty patients were selected for a prospective study according to two criteria: (i) an irresistible urge to overeat (bulimia nervosa), followed by self-induced vomiting or purging; (ii) a morbid fear of becoming fat.

A theoretical model is described to emphasize the interdependence of the various symptoms and the role of self-perpetuating mechanisms in the maintenance of the disorder. Correspondence: c1 Address for correspondence: Professor Gerald Russell, Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2QG.