DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ANOREXIA-NERVO SA AND BULIMIA-NERVOSA

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa as discrete entities both share a disturbed body image, a pathological eating behavior and a plethora o f consecutive somatic diseases. The manifestation and maintenance of t hese behavioral disorders can be understood within a network of neurob iological, psychosocial and cognitive-emotive determinants. The identi fication and differentiation of these determinants are of crucial impo rtance for a effective and rational stepwise therapy-planning. Our art icle sums up the present ''state of the art'' concerning diagnostics a nd therapy of these disorders.