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Exploring the Link Between Emotional Child Abuse and Anorexia Nervosa: A Psychopathological Correlation.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Childhood maltreatment and the risk of eating disorders: a meta-analysis of observational studies.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2025Pooled it
- Emotional Dysregulation in Children and Adolescents With Psychiatric Disorders. A Narrative Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- The association between childhood traumatic events and weight restoration in adult anorexia nervosa inpatient treatment: a longitudinal study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Give me five! A modern perspective on addiction from the up-dated Freudian drive theory.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Obesity in childhood: associations with parental neglect, nutritional habits, and obesity awareness.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Indicators of Eating Disorders in Sexually Abused Brazilian Adolescents: Family and School Contexts.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Life Events in the Etiopathogenesis and Maintenance of Restrictive Eating Disorders in Adolescence.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Negative childhood events and the development of the anorexic voice: A grounded theory.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2022Article
- Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) variations in relationship with childhood maltreatment in patients with anorexia nervosa: a retrospective cohort study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Adverse childhood experiences and obesity over time.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- The Impact of Retrospective Childhood Maltreatment on Eating Disorders as Mediated by Food Addiction: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2020Article
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Abstract
Eating disorders (ED) are well known psychiatric disorders associated with dysregulated eating behaviors and related thoughts and emotions. Common eating disorders are bulimia nervosa (BN), anorexia nervosa (AN), and binge eating disorders (BED). There is an active link between child abuse and eating disorders, emotional child abuse being the important subtype of CA and has a strong comorbid psychopathological relationship with EDs, including AN. The PubMed database was searched for the related articles about child abuse, including emotional childhood maltreatment and their psychopathology associated with EDs, especially AN. No filters were used for the date of publication and article types. Childhood abuse, including physical, sexual, and emotional maltreatment, has an active link with psychopathology associated with dysregulated eating behaviors. However, emotional childhood maltreatment including emotional abuse, neglect, and/or exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) has been least studied, but studies have shown a strong relationship with the symptoms of anorexia nervosa such as weight concern, negative self-image, and maladaptive emotional response. Emotional dysregulation is the crucial psychopathological factor involved in mediating the effects of emotional childhood maltreatment and symptoms of anorexia nervosa and is strongly associated with long-term morbidity in patients with AN. Conducting more clinical studies in the future would help explore the temporal causation, and this association may help the practitioners to develop new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in the management of AN.
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