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Anorexia Nervosa (cont.)

Outlook

  • Death from the medical complications of anorexia or from suicide can be as high as 18%.
  • About half of those affected will make a full recovery.
  • Some people will develop chronic relapses.
  • Coexisting psychiatric conditions may complicate the prognosis.



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Richard Morton first described anorexia nervosa more than 300 years ago, in 1689, as a condition of "a Nervous Consumption" caused by "sadness, and anxious Cares."

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