The Diagnostic Work-Up of Eating Disorders

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The Diagnostic Work-Up of Eating Disorders. / Sjögren, Magnus.

In: Journal of Psychology and Clinical Psychiatry, Vol. 4, No. 5, 234, 2015, p. 1-7.

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Sjögren, M 2015, 'The Diagnostic Work-Up of Eating Disorders', Journal of Psychology and Clinical Psychiatry, vol. 4, no. 5, 234, pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.15406/jpcpy.2015.04.00234

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Sjögren, M. (2015). The Diagnostic Work-Up of Eating Disorders. Journal of Psychology and Clinical Psychiatry, 4(5), 1-7. [234]. https://doi.org/10.15406/jpcpy.2015.04.00234

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Sjögren M. The Diagnostic Work-Up of Eating Disorders. Journal of Psychology and Clinical Psychiatry. 2015;4(5):1-7. 234. https://doi.org/10.15406/jpcpy.2015.04.00234

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Sjögren, Magnus. / The Diagnostic Work-Up of Eating Disorders. In: Journal of Psychology and Clinical Psychiatry. 2015 ; Vol. 4, No. 5. pp. 1-7.

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title = "The Diagnostic Work-Up of Eating Disorders",
abstract = "Background: The mortality of Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is the highest among all psychiatric disorders, and Eating Disorders (ED) overall pose serious health threats to a significant proportion of the population. In spite of an increasing recognition of the clinical impact of ED, often, the general readiness and knowledge of the diagnostic work-up among Physicians is insufficient.Material and method: A literature search of recent national and international scientific publications on the diagnostic work-up of ED was done in November 2015. PUBMED was the major source of information, but also known publications were utilized to collate the relevant information. Result: The result is presented as essential components in the diagnostic work-up, where potential relevant clinical findings such as e.g. eating behaviours, co-morbidities, laboratory findings, medical risk and risk of suicidality, are all necessary to enable an accurate diagnosis as part of a multilayered clinical problem description, in the diagnostic work-up of ED.Discussion: Early and accurate diagnosis of ED will enable prompt initiation of relevant treatment. This is most optimally served by a multilayered clinical problem description, where the clinical diagnosis is one part, together with several other clinical aspects, of ED.",
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