Large-scale genomic investigations have just begun to illuminate the molecular genetic
contributions to major psychiatric illnesses, ranging from small-effect-size common variants …

Eating disorders (EDs) are serious psychiatric conditions influenced by biological,
psychological, and sociocultural factors. A better understanding of the genetics of these …

BACKGROUND: Little population-based data exist on the prevalence or correlates of eating
disorders. METHODS: Prevalence and correlates of eating disorders from the National …

The aims of the present review are to apply a recent risk factor approach (HC Kraemer et al.,
1997) to putative risk factors for eating disorders, to order these along a timeline, and to …

The authors review research on risk factors for eating disorders, restricting their focus to
studies in which clear precedence of the hypothesized risk factor over onset of the disorder …

In this surprising book, Allan V. Horwitz argues that our current conceptions of mental illness
as a disease fit only a small number of serious psychological conditions and that most …

Abstract [This book presents] explanations of motivation, using an eclectic framework that
balances biological, behavioral, and cognitive theories. Not only are these theories …

Anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are related disorders of unknown etiology
that most commonly begin during adolescence in women. AN and BN have unique and …

Few data are available to estimate the prevalence of eating disorders (EDs) and their
correlates in the community. This paper reports data on EDs obtained in the framework of …

Context Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious mental illness with marked morbidity and
mortality. Objective To explore the prevalence, heritability, and prospectively assessed risk …