Thursday, September 9, 2010

Anorexia Nervosa

January 4, 2009 by Lhynnelli, RN · Leave a Comment 

Anorexia Nervosa is a disorder with an insidious onset that often affects adolescent girls.
Sufferers are typically high achievers, with good grades and described by parents as perfect children. Disorder occurs commonly in upper middle class families. Usually the youngest child is affected.
Unlike bulimics, anorexics uses denial and do not accept that they have a problem, [...]