title: 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.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632 002, Tamilnadu, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mammen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012923:Social Class