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Volume 6 Issue 4 April 2016
❌Individuals with anorexia are just trying to get attention
✅Although it is maladaptive, anorexia can sometimes serve as a person’s way to cope with something painful in his/her life.
❌Anorexia nervosa is only seen in women
✅Although rare but anorexia nervosa can also be seen in men
❌Anorexia nervosa is associated only with psychological symptoms
✅Disorder is associated with under nutrition, secondary endocrine and metabolic changes, and disturbance of bodily functions are also reported.
❌Anorexia nervosa is self-limiting condition
✅It is not self-limiting. It needs to be treated properly with medications and psychotherapy
Swapnil Tripathi, final year, MBBS student, AIIMS, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
