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October 09, 2010
Young Patients With Eating Disorders More Prone To Engaging In Other Forms Of Self-Harm
The CNN (10/7, Landau) "The Chart" blog reported, "Adolescents with eating disorders may also be harming their own bodies by cutting or burning themselves," according to a study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
After examining "the records of more than 1,400 patients ages 10 to 21 who entered the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital's eating disorders program from January 1997 to April 2008," researchers found that "about 41 percent of patients with eating disorders engaged in self-injurious behaviors."
However, fewer than half "of the records showed that a health care provider had asked about patients deliberately harming themselves, the study found."
Related Links:
- "a href="http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/07/teens-with-eating-disorders-may-also-self-injure/?iref=allsearch">Teens with eating disorders may also self-injure," Elizabeth Landau, CNN.Com, October 7, 2010.
Posted by admin at October 9, 2010 12:59 PM