New Thematic Issue on Eating Disorders
A new thematic issue of Consortium Psychiatricum fully dedicated to eating disorders has been published!
The issue brings together papers on various scientific and practical aspects of eating disorders: risk factors, treatment, the role of specialists from related fields in organizing care, neurobiological perspective.
The guest editor of the issue was Prof. Oleg A. Skugarevsky.
There are 5 original research articles:
- on the role of metacognition in the development of low self-esteem and depressive symptoms in patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
- On the risk factors for disordered eating among adolescent girls
- On the perception of anorexia nervosa by primary health care practitioners
- On sociodemographic, biographic, and clinical factors associated with lifetime history of eating disorder in non-psychotic patients with suicidal ideation
- On non-suicidal self-harm and suicidal risk in adolescent girls with eating disorders.
In the Reviews section:
- Narrative review on neurobiological basis for drug therapy for eating disorders
- Scoping review of the prevalence of eating disorders in patients with bipolar disorder
An opinion article focuses on the possible role of a nutritionist in the team of professionals managing a patient with an eating disorder.
A case report discusses disordered eating in pregnant women and psychotherapeutic strategies for their treatment.
The traditional rubric on community-based psychiatry around the world describes the experience of Bulgaria.
We continue the rubric on the history of psychiatric hospitals in Russia launched in the previous issue, with a new material on district psychiatric hospitals - from their conception to realization of the most outstanding projects.
We wish you a pleasant reading!