Eating Behavior and the Evolutionary Perspective on Anorexia Nervosa

Eating Behavior and the Evolutionary Perspective on Anorexia Nervosa

On the standard perspective, anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders are caused by genetically determined, neurochemically mediated mental illnesses. Standard treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), targets cognitive processes thought to maintain the disorders. Effective neurochemically b...

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Main Authors: P. Södersten, U. Brodin, M. Zandian, C. Bergh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
evolution
anorexia
eating
hypothalamus
brainstem
prefrontal cortex
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2019.00596/full

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