Medically Hospitalized Patients With Eating Disorders and Somatoform Disorders in Pediatrics: What Are Their Similarities and Differences and How Can We Improve Their Care?

Abstract The purpose of this study is to evaluate children in Bratislava, Slovakia. The survey sample consisted of 276 children aged 9 -12 who were tested using the Children’s Eating Attitude Test as a diagnostic tool for testing young people, who show a proclivity towards having eating issues, a possibility of anorexia, or a possible problem with bulimic tendencies. The study analyses the components of the test and the scores of children to whom it was administered, and come to conclusions as to its usefulness in diagnosing eating issues in children between grades 4 and 6. It also examines the comparisons between the children in Slovakia and the children in Australian studies in order to see if the scores correlate and what similarities and differences are present between the two groups studied.

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Cultural Similarities and Differences in Eating Disorders

The Wiley Handbook of Eating Disorders ◽

10.1002/9781118574089.ch23 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 297-311 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eileen Anderson-Fye ◽

Stephanie McClure ◽

Rachel Wilson

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Similarities And Differences

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Behaviour

10.1093/med:psych/9780198528883.003.0006 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Allison G. Harvey ◽

Edward Watkins ◽

Warren Mansell ◽

Roz Shafran

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Anxiety Disorders ◽

Sleep Disorders ◽

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Somatoform Disorders ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Substance Related Disorders ◽

Safety Signals

Chapter 6 reviews the literature on behavioural processes and draws conclusions about the extent to which they are transdiagnostic. Three behavioural processes considered are escape/avoidance, within-situation safety-seeking behaviours, and ineffective safety-signals. These processes are considered in the context of anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), somatoform disorders, eating disorders, sleep disorders, and substance-related disorders).

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Thought

10.1093/med:psych/9780198528883.003.0005 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Allison G. Harvey ◽

Edward Watkins ◽

Warren Mansell ◽

Roz Shafran

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Anxiety Disorders ◽

Mood Disorders ◽

Psychotic Disorders ◽

Thought Suppression ◽

Somatoform Disorders ◽

Psychological Disorders ◽

Negative Thinking ◽

Substance Related Disorders

This chapter examines recurrent thinking, thought suppression, and metacognition across psychological disorders. It discusses intrusions, recurrent negative thinking (worry and rumination), and the evidence for their presence across psychological disorders (anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, eating disorders, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, and substance-related disorders).

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Reasoning

10.1093/med:psych/9780198528883.003.0004 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Allison G. Harvey ◽

Edward Watkins ◽

Warren Mansell ◽

Roz Shafran

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Anxiety Disorders ◽

Mood Disorders ◽

Psychotic Disorders ◽

Somatoform Disorders ◽

Psychological Disorders ◽

Self Report ◽

Illusory Correlation ◽

Ambiguous Stimuli ◽

Substance Related Disorders

Chapter 4 discusses reasoning. This includes the interpretation of ambiguous stimuli, self-report paradigms, cognitive-experimental paradigms, attributions, expectancies and heuristics, covariation and illusory correlation, and the evidence for the presence of these reasoning processes across psychological disorders (anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, eating disorders, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, and substance-related disorders).

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Memory

10.1093/med:psych/9780198528883.003.0003 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Allison G. Harvey ◽

Edward Watkins ◽

Warren Mansell ◽

Roz Shafran

Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Eating Disorders ◽

Anxiety Disorders ◽

Mood Disorders ◽

Somatoform Disorders ◽

Clinical Implications ◽

Overgeneral Memory ◽

Substance Related Disorders ◽

Implicit And Explicit ◽

Encoding And Retrieval

Chapter 3 explores memory. It outlines the nature of memory (implicit and explicit, perceptually-driven and conceptually-driven tasks, working memory, verbally accessible and situationally accessible memories), stimuli and selective memory, and the influence on memory of anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, eating disorders, mood disorders, and substance-related disorders. Overgeneral memory, avoidant encoding and retrieval, recurrent memories are also discussed, as well as clinical implications.

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Somatoform Dissociation Discriminates Among Diagnostic Categories Over and Above General Psychopathology

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1080/j.1440-1614.1999.00601.x ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 511-520 ◽

Cited By ~ 56

Author(s):

Ellert R.S. Nijenhuis ◽

Richard van Dyck ◽

Philip Spinhoven ◽

Onno van der Hart ◽

Marlene Chatrou ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Mood Disorder ◽

Somatoform Disorders ◽

Adjustment Disorder ◽

Dissociative Disorder ◽

General Psychopathology ◽

Diagnostic Categories ◽

Bipolar Mood Disorder ◽

Somatoform Dissociation ◽

Before And After

Objective: The primary aim of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that somatoform dissociation would differentiate among specific diagnostic categories after controlling for general psychopathology. Method: The Somatoform Dissocation Questionnaire (SDQ-20), the Dissociative Experiences Scale, and the Symptom Checklist-90-R were completed by patients with DSM-IV diagnoses of dissociative disorders (n = 44), somatoform disorders (n = 47), eating disorders (n = 50), bipolar mood disorder (n = 23), and a group of consecutive psychiatric outpatients with other psychiatric disorders (n = 45), mainly including anxiety disorders, depression, and adjustment disorder. Results: The SDQ-20 significantly differentiated among diagnostic groups in the hypothesised order of increasing somatoform dissociation, both before and after statistically controlling for general psychopathology. Somatoform dissociation was extreme in dissociative identity disorder, high in dissociative disorder, not otherwise specified, and increased in somatoform disorders, as well as in a subgroup of patients with eating disorders. In contrast with somatoform dissociation, psychological dissociation did not discriminate between bipolar mood disorder and somato form disorders. Conclusions: Somatoform dissociation is a unique construct that discriminates among diagnostic categories. It is highly characteristic of dissociative disorder patients, a core feature in many patients with somatoform disorders, and an important symptom cluster in a subgroup of patients with eating disorders., dissociation

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Psychotherapy in Eating Disorders

Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal ◽

10.1177/070674377702200302 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 102-108 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

H. Bruch

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Anorexia Nervosa ◽

Severe Malnutrition ◽

Developmental Factors ◽

Early Experiences ◽

Number Of Patients ◽

The Family ◽

Similarities And Differences ◽

Early Developmental

This paper emphasizes that neither obesity nor severe malnutrition represents a uniform clinical psychiatric picture. The therapist must always pay attention to and integrate the various factors involved in eating disorders such as the underlying personality problems, resolution of the interactional conflicts within the family and correction of the abnormal nutritional states. The similarities and differences of both obesity and anorexic states are described. Primary or typical anorexia nervosa is differentiated from the atypical kinds. The importance of early developmental factors of how the child differentiates inner and outer stimuli, the appropriate or inappropriate responses to these and the manner in which these early experiences later affect somatic, social and psychological self concepts are discussed. Various parameters and modalities of treatment are described based on the author's long-term experiences with a large number of patients.

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