Some Of Sickest Patients Bypassed By Eating Disorder Cutoffs, Stanford/Packard Study Finds

Posted on April 13 2010 by NewsBot
Diagnostic cutoffs for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa may be too strict, a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital has found. Many patients who do not meet full criteria for these diseases are nevertheless quite ill, and the diagnosis they now receive, "Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified," may delay their ability to get treatment...

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