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Disordered eating behaviors can complicate the treatment of a gastrointestinal disorder but even more significant a primary eating disorder. Reaching an accurate diagnosis requires knowledge and recognition of both psychiatric and medical disorders. The female to male ratio for primary eating disorders is 10:1. The well-described mind-gut axis creates a dynamic relation between disordered eating and gastrointestinal symptoms in that each can exacerbate the other. Making a correct diagnosis requires a thorough patient assessment and an understanding of how psychiatric symptoms can interplay with somatic symptoms, especially gastrointestinal symptoms. This chapter will give an overview of how to correctly diagnose a primary eating disorder and the general treatment paradigm of such conditions.
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Heinemann, J., Barry, C. (2019). Differential Diagnoses Between Primary Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating Secondary to a Primary Gastrointestinal Disorder. In: Beniwal-Patel, P., Shaker, R. (eds) Gastrointestinal and Liver Disorders in Women’s Health . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25626-5_1
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