ReviewCurrent drug abuse reviews2011
Does anorexia nervosa resemble an addiction?
Review in Current drug abuse reviews, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The cerebellum plays more than one role in the dysregulation of appetite: Review of structural evidence from typical and eating disorder populations.Brain and behavior · 2023Pooled it
- 'In an otherwise limitless world, I was sure of my limit.'Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Activity-based anorexia enhances glutamatergic synaptic transmission and neuronal excitability within the nucleus accumbens of female mice.Physiological reports · 2026Article
- The ethics of Wegovy: promoting autonomy in pediatric care.Medicine, health care, and philosophy · 2026Review
- Anorexia nervosa: 150 years of critical theory.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- Addressing Altered Anticipation as a Transdiagnostic Target Through Computational Psychiatry.Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging · 2025Review
- Structure-function relationship of the pituitary gland in anorexia nervosa and intense physical activity.Brain structure & function · 2024Article
- Why do we climb mountains? An exploration of features of behavioural addiction in mountaineering and the association with stress-related psychiatric disorders.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2023Article
- The complex interplay between psychosocial and biological factors in pregorexia nervosa - a rapid review.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
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- The prevalence of substance use disorders and substance use in anorexia nervosa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Review
- Binge eating and psychostimulant addiction.World journal of psychiatry · 2021Review
- The influence of homeostatic mechanisms on neural regulation of food craving in anorexia nervosa.Psychological medicine · 2021Article
- Food Addiction among Female Patients Seeking Treatment for an Eating Disorder: Prevalence and Associated Factors.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Drunkorexia: an emerging trend in young adults.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2017Article
- The Eating-Disorder Associated HDAC4Biological psychiatry · 2017Article
- An investigation of habit learning in Anorexia Nervosa.Psychiatry research · 2016Article
- Back by Popular Demand: A Narrative Review on the History of Food Addiction Research.The Yale journal of biology and medicine · 2015Review
- Does compulsive behavior in Anorexia Nervosa resemble an addiction? A qualitative investigation.Frontiers in psychology · 2015Article
- Compulsivity in anorexia nervosa: a transdiagnostic concept.Frontiers in psychology · 2014Review
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Abstract
Anorexia nervosa is a severe psychiatric disorder characterized by unrelenting self-starvation and life-threatening weight loss. The relentlessness with which individuals with anorexia nervosa pursue starvation and in some cases exercise despite the negative physical, emotional, and social consequences parallels features of addictive disorders. From a clinical perspective, individuals with anorexia nervosa behave similarly to individuals with substance abuse by narrowing their behavioral repertoire so that weight loss, restricting food intake, and excessive exercise interfere with other activities in much the same way that substance abuse does. However, fundamental differences exist between anorexia nervosa and substance abuse that suggest anorexia nervosa is not an addiction in and of itself.
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