On the emergence of bulimia nervosa as a syndrome a historical view

Casper, Regina C.

doi:10.1002/1098-108x(198321)2:3<3::aid-eat2260020302>3.0.co;2-d

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“…The current criteria for AN acknowledge the deliberate personal element in the "refusal to maintain a normal weight for age and height." Unlike AN, with its long tradition and history, BN was not clinically described as a syndrome until 1979 (Casper 1983;Russell 1979). Both disorders are now subsumed under the umbrella term "eating disorders," even though eating as a function is intact in AN.…”

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Relevance of animal models to human eating disorders and obesity

2008

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Background and rationale This review addresses the role animal models play in contributing to our knowledge about the eating disorders anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) and obesity. Objectives Explore the usefulness of animal models in complex biobehavioral familial conditions, such as AN, BN, and obesity, that involve interactions among genetic, physiologic, psychological, and cultural factors. Results and conclusionsThe most promising animal model to mimic AN is the activity-based anorexia rodent model leading to pathological weight loss. The paradigm incorporates reward elements of the drive for activity in the presence of an appetite and allows the use of genetically modified animals. For BN, the sham-feeding preparation in rodents equipped with a gastric fistula appears to be best suited to reproduce the postprandial emesis and the defects in satiety. Animal models that incorporate genes linked to behavior and mood may clarify biobehavioral processes underlying AN and BN. By contrast, a relative abundance of animal models has contributed to our understanding of human obesity. Both environmental and genetic determinants of obesity have been modeled in rodents. Here, we consider single gene mutant obesity models, along with models of obesigenic environmental conditions. The contributions of animal models to obesity research are illustrated by their utility for identifying genes linked to human obesity, for elucidating the pathways that regulate body weight and for the identification of potential therapeutic targets. The utility of these models may be further improved by exploring the impact of experimental manipulations on the behavioral determinants of energy balance.

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2008

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“…23 É interessante lembrar que o comportamento de forçar o vômito é muito antigo e pode ser encontrado precocemente na história de diferentes povos da Antiguidade. No antigo Egito, por exemplo, grande parte do papiro de Eber é dedicado ao estímulo e às virtudes do ato de vomitar.…”

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Transtornos alimentares: fundamentos históricos

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Claudino

2002

Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr.

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KeywordsOs autores fazem uma breve revisão dos aspectos históricos dos transtornos alimentares. Possíveis correlações psicopatológicas com os conceitos diagnósticos atuais são discutidas.Anorexia nervosa. Bulimia nervosa. História. The authors make a brief review of the historical aspects of eating disorders. Possible correlations with modern psychopathological aspects are commented.Anorexia nervosa. Bulimia nervosa. History.

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“…There is some evidence that her fasting was motivated by some symbolic meaning of food. As in most cases of anorexia nervosa up to about 1940 (Casper, 1983), the central characteristic, a relentless pursuit of thinness, is missing. It was first described by Huchard & Denian in 1883(cf.…”

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Friderada: A case of miraculous fasting

Habermas

1986

Int. J. Eat. Disord.

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The case of Friderada, reported by a monk in the 9th century, is presented. She first developed hysterical, then bulimic, and finally anorectic‐like symptoms. She is compared with other historical cases considered as resembling anorexia nervosa. After a detailed diagnostic discussion of the case, it is concluded that (a) she presents the medieval case which most closely resembles modem anorexia nervosa, and (b) that primary anorexia has only gradually been differentiated from similar syndromes and become an ethnic disturbance reflecting typical conflicts of girls in modern western society during the last 100 years.

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On the emergence of bulimia nervosa as a syndrome a historical view

Cited by 98 publications

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Relevance of animal models to human eating disorders and obesity

Relevance of animal models to human eating disorders and obesity

Transtornos alimentares: fundamentos históricos

Friderada: A case of miraculous fasting

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