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

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 …

This indispensable manual presents the leading empirically supported treatment approach
for adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN). What sets family-based treatment apart is the …

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 …

It is the position of the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) that anorexia nervosa and
bulimia nervosa, along with their variants, are biologically based, serious mental illnesses …

Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate among all psychiatric illnesses, as it can
result in significant psychopathology along with life-threatening medical complications …

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, is a common and highly heritable
neuropsychiatric disorder that is seen in children and adults. Although heritability is …

Over the past decade, considerable advances have been made in understanding genetic
influences on eating pathology. Eating disorders aggregate in families, and twin studies …

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a complex and heritable eating disorder characterized by
dangerously low body weight. Neither candidate gene studies nor an initial genome-wide …

Objective: Excessive exercise and motor restlessness are observed in a substantial number
of patients with eating disorders. This trait has been studied extensively among animal …