A study of eating disorders in children and adolescents from a tertiary care centre in India

A study of eating disorders in children and adolescents from a tertiary care centre in India

Background: Eating Disorders (ED) were largely thought of as a western phenomenon; however studies have shown that these disorders exist in India. The exact incidence & prevalence of ED is not known in India. We present data from a 10 year retrospective chart review from a tertiary care child an...

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Main Authors: Preeti Jacob, Suneetha K Sadananda, John V K Sagar, Shoba Srinath, Shekhar P Seshadri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Archives of Mental Health
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key message: even though the prevalence of eating disorders was low in our study
a significant proportion had psychiatric comorbidity which must be thoroughly evaluated and treated. keywords: eating disorders
child
adolescent
india
Online Access:http://www.amhonline.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9171;year=2016;volume=17;issue=1;spage=1;epage=5;aulast=Jacob;type=0

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