Full Article Of DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF ANOREXIA NERVOSA

Anorexia nervosa AN is a type of eating disorder but it is more importantly a serious psychiatric illness associated with significant medical and psychiatric morbidity psychosocial impairment and increased risk of death The clinical features are characterized by deliberate weight loss arising from food avoidance often in combination with selfinduced vomiting excessive exercise and using diuretics and appetite suppressants Diagnostic and Statistical Manual