A remitted patient with ARFID faces panic after a crash, showing why recovery includes somatic fear, not just eating behavior.
|Slideshows|October 23, 2019
When Eating Disorders and Psychosis Co-Exist: 6 Take Home Points
Author(s)Mary V. Seeman, MDCM, DSc
The body image disturbance at the heart of anorexia nervosa is a false perception akin to the perceptual disorders found in schizophrenia.
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