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Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, MD

Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, MD

Dr. Roxanne Dryden-Edwards is an adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrist. She is a former Chair of the Committee on Developmental Disabilities for the American Psychiatric Association, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and Medical Director of the National Center for Children and Families in Bethesda, Maryland.

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Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor

Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor

Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.

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anorexia, starvation, eating disorder, anorexia nervosa

Author: Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, MD

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD

Previous contributing authors and editors:

Author: Bradley J Kaufman, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Coauthor(s): Andrew Wollowitz, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Anthony Anker, MD, FAAEM, Attending Physician, Emergency Department, Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, VA.

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American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 2000.

American Psychiatric Association. "DSM-5 proposed revisions will include binge eating disorder and revisions to other eating disorders criteria." News Release Embargoed For Release Until 2/10/10, Arlington, Virginia.

Attia, E., and B.T. Walsh. "Behavioral management for anorexia nervosa." New England Journal of Medicine 360 (2009): 500-506.

Bissada, H., G.A. Tasca, A.M. Barber, and J. Bradwein. "Olanzapine in the treatment of low body weight and obsessive thinking in women with anorexia nervosa: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial." American Journal of Psychiatry 165 (2008): 1281-1288.

Committee on Adolescence. "Policy statement: Identifying and treating eating disorders." Pediatrics 111.1 Jan. 2003: 204-211.

Karlsson, M.K., S.J. Weigall, Y. Duan, and E. Seeman. "Bone size and volumetric density in women with anorexia nervosa receiving estrogen replacement therapy and in women recovered from anorexia nervosa." Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 85.9 Sept. 2000: 3177-3182.

Nicholls, D.E., and R.M. Viner. "Childhood risk factors for lifetime anorexia nervosa by age 30 years in a national birth cohort." Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 48.8 Aug. 2009: 791-799.

Raevuori, A., H.W. Hoek, E. Susser, J. Kaprio, A. Rissanen, et al. "Epidemiology of Anorexia Nervosa in Men: A Nationwide Study of Finnish Twins." PLoS One 4.2 (2009).

Walsh, B.T., A.S. Kaplan, E. Attia, M. Olmsted, M. Parides, et al. "Fluoxetine after weight restoration in anorexia nervosa." Journal of the American Medical Association 295.22 (2006): 2605-2612.

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