title: Adolescent eating disorders: update on definitions, symptomatology, epidemiology, and comorbidity.
abstract: The prevalence of eating disorders among adolescents continues to increase. The starvation process itself is often associated with severe alterations of central and peripheral metabolism, affecting overall health during this vulnerable period. This article aims to convey basic knowledge on these frequent and disabling disorders, and to review new developments in classification issues resulting from the transition to DSM-5. A detailed description is given of the symptomatology of each eating disorder that typically manifests during adolescence. New data on epidemiology, and expanding knowledge on associated medical and psychiatric comorbidities and their often long-lasting sequelae in later life, are provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy, RWTH Aachen University, Neuenhofer Weg 21, Aachen 52074, Germany. Electronic address: bherpertz-dahlmann@ukaachen.de.
authors.forename: Beate
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Herpertz-Dahlmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D056912:Binge-Eating Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000453:epidemiology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012649:Self Concept
keywords: Adolescence; Anorexia nervosa; Binge-eating disorder; Bulimia nervosa; Comorbidity; Diagnostic classification; Epidemiology