A comparison of subgroups of inpatients with anorexia nervosa

Article Abstract:

Subgroups of people with anorexia nervosa are difficult to classify and it is unclear whether anorexics with only purging behaviours should be grouped with people who binge and purge or anorexics who restrict. One of the main difficulties is that anorexics may convert from one subgroup to another during their illness. A study comparing subgroups of inpatients with anorexia nervosa is presented. Its findings suggest that all three subgroups have similar psychopathology regardless of their subtype classification.

Psychological aspects, Eating disorders

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Cognitive style of patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa

Article Abstract:

Patients suffering from bulimia nervosa are more cognitively impulsive compared to that of the patients suffering from anorexia nervosa; the bulimic subjects respond quickly to the Matching Familiar Figures Test. A reflective cognitive style is observed among the anorexic patients. The treatment becomes uneffective for patients with extreme cognitive styles and the disease can relapse. The bulimic patients are also more behaviorally impulsive compared to the anorexic patients.

Analysis, Bulimia, Cognitive styles

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Case reports of Olanzapine treatment of anorexia nervosa

Article Abstract:

The etiology of anorexia nervosa (AN) is unknown, but is distinguished by restricted eating, the pursuit of thinness and fears of being fat. An open-label trail of olanzapine in agitated and resistant underweight AN patients was undertaken. Olanzapine administration was linked to weight gain, and reduced agitation and resistance to treatment.

Drug therapy

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