This study represents a first attempt to explore the typology of French female young adults based on personal definitions healthy eating and examine inter-group differences regarding their tendencies towards Orthorexia Nervosa (ON), disordered (ED) obsessive-compulsive (OC) behaviors. 362 (Mage = 23.43, SD 3.82) completed 40-item questionnaire assessing eating, Eating Habits Questionnaire, Eati...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship among binge severity, personality psychopathology, and body mass index (BMI) among individuals with binge eating disorder (BED). METHOD Participants were 50 individuals from the community who responded to advertisements for a medication treatment study of compulsive overeating and met BED criteria. Participants completed the Eating Disorder Examination ...

Exercise can be used as a mood regulator but, in the eating disorder literature, exercise has sometimes been found to be compulsive, detrimental to physical health, and regarded as one maladaptive strategy used to regulate emotions. This study examined longitudinal associations between emotion regulation styles and this compulsive exercise in 572 adolescents who completed measures of compulsive...

Anxiety Disorders What Are Anxiety Disorders? Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Panic Disorder/Agoraphobia Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Social Phobia (or Social Anxiety Disorder) How Are Anxiety Disorders Treated? The Role of Exercise in Treating Anxiety Disorders Adapting Physical Activity Programs Eating Disorders Anorexia Nervosa (AN) Bulimia Nervosa Binge Eating Disorder (BED) Treat...

BACKGROUND There may be a link between anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorders. The aims of this study were to examine whether adolescents with anorexia nervosa have autism spectrum and/or obsessive-compulsive traits, how many would meet diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder, and whether these traits are shared by parents. METHODS A total of 150 adolescents receiving outpati...

Background: Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a relatively common and often severe psychiatric disorder. This highly distressing associated with poor quality of life. In addition, it characterized by persistent intrusive preoccupation perceived defects or flaws in one’s physical appearance accompanied repetitive behaviors such as mirror checking, excessive grooming, reassurance seeking. Objecti...

OBJECTIVE Panic Disorder (PD) and agoraphobia (AG) are frequently comorbid with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), but the correlates of these comorbidities in OCD are fairly unknown. The study aims were to: 1) estimate the prevalence of PD with or without AG (PD), AG without panic (AG) and PD and/or AG (PD/AG) in a large clinical sample of OCD patients and 2) compare the characteristics of i...

Objective: Eating disorders are classified as psychiatric diseases that include deterioration in eating behaviors and attitudes has negative effects on the physical mental health of individual. The main objective study is to elaborate psychosocial psychopathological factors related among university students.
 
 Methods: We have enrolled 199 female 201 male volunteer students at Balıke...