Prevalence of eating disorders and psychiatric comorbidity among children and adolescents.

Abstract

There are no prevalence or co-morbidity studies on eating disorders in India. This retrospective chart review studied the prevalence and psychiatric co-morbidity among juveniles with eating disorders. Forty-one cases with ICD 10 diagnosis of eating disorders were identified and analyzed. The prevalence of eating disorders was 1.25% Psychogenic vomiting was the commonest eating disorders and anorexia nervosa the emerging eating disorder. The most common co-morbidities were depression, intellectual disability, and dissociative disorder.

• Authors: P Mammen, S Russell, P S Russell
• Journal: Indian pediatrics (Indian Pediatr) Vol. 44 Issue 5 Pg. 357-9 (May 2007) ISSN: 0019-6061 [Print] India
• PMID: 17536137 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Child
• Comorbidity
• Feeding and Eating Disorders (epidemiology)
• Female
• Humans
• India (epidemiology)
• Male
• Mental Disorders (epidemiology)
• Prevalence
• Retrospective Studies
• Risk Factors
• Social Class