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ArticleJournal of eating disorders2023

What kind of illness is anorexia nervosa? Revisited: some preliminary thoughts to finding a cure.

S Touyz, E Bryant, K M Dann, J Polivy, D Le Grange, P Hay, H Lacey, P Aouad, S Barakat, J Miskovic-Wheatley and 4 more

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Article in Journal of eating disorders, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

S TouyzInsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia.
E BryantInsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia. emma.bryant@sydney.edu.au.
K M DannInsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia.
J PolivyDepartment of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
D Le GrangeDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Parnassus Heights, San Francisco, USA.
P HayTranslational Health Research Institute, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, Australia.
H LaceyPopulation Health Research Institute, St George's, University of London, London, UK.
P AouadInsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia.
S BarakatInsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia.
J Miskovic-WheatleyInsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia.
K GriffithsInsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia.
B CarrollInsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia.
S CalvertAustralian Eating Disorder Research and Translation Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
S MaguireInsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two decades have elapsed since our publication of 'What kind of illness is anorexia nervosa?'. The question remains whether our understanding of anorexia nervosa and its treatment thereof has evolved over this time. The verdict is disappointing at best. Our current gold standard treatments remain over-valued and clinical outcomes are modest at best. Those in our field are haunted by the constant reminder that anorexia nervosa carries the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder. This cannot continue and demands immediate action. In this essay, we tackle the myths that bedevil our field and explore a deeper phenotyping of anorexia nervosa. We argue that we can no longer declare agnostic views of the disorder or conceive treatments that are "brainless": it is incumbent upon us to challenge the prevailing zeitgeist and reconceptualise anorexia nervosa. Here we provide a roadmap for the future.

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PMCPMC10714619

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