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Eating Disorders and Drug and Alcohol Dependency

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The Eating Disorders

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The essential features of anorexia nervosa according to DSM-III-R criteria are a refusal to maintain body weight over a minimal normal weight for age and height; intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight; a distorted body image; and amenorrhea (in females).1

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  1. Ohio State University, 43210, Columbus, OH, USA

    A. James Giannini M.D. (Clinical Professor, Psychiatry) (Clinical Professor, Psychiatry)

  2. P.O. Box 2169, 44504, Youngstown, OH, USA

    A. James Giannini M.D. (Clinical Professor, Psychiatry) (Clinical Professor, Psychiatry)

  3. Regent Hospital, 425 E. 61th Street, 10021, New York, NY, USA

    Andrew E. Slaby M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. (Medical Director) (Medical Director)

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Miller, N.S. (1993). Eating Disorders and Drug and Alcohol Dependency. In: Giannini, A.J., Slaby, A.E. (eds) The Eating Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8300-0_18

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