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Eating Disorder
Psychiatry · Mental Health
Severe
Severity
Uncommon — affects an estimated 9% of the population at some point in their lives
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Psychiatry
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Results from a complex interaction of genetic predisposition
- 2psychological factors such as low self-esteem or perfectionism
- 3and sociocultural pressures around body image and thinness. Trauma
- 4family dynamics
- 5and coexisting mental health conditions like anxiety or depression also significantly contribute to the development of disordered eating patterns.
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