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Anorexia study receives US$ 3.9M fund

Posted Apr 07, 2007 at 05:33AM by Dia A. Listed in: Science Tags: London, UK, anorexia
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don't try this at home, girls - Image 1 Guess what the deadliest mental sickness is. Schizophrenia? Depression? Nope. It's anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder in which the sufferer does not eat correctly, due to an obsessive fear of gaining weight. The disease has been linked to some trends in the fashion community. The sufferers have an irrational desire to be very thin, thinking only then will they become happy or normal.


We're not sure why the disease hasn't been given much attention. It's been said that only 10 percent of anorexics get help. And of all anorexic sufferers, 15 percent are sure to die. They say that the reason why there are so many anorexics who die is because anorexia is very difficult to diagnose and the victims are not often aware of how gravely ill they already are.

In this regard, the UK government decided to release UKŁ 2M (US$ 3.9M) to fund a research project that will help anorexia victims in the country. Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry say that they're going to use the money to find ways of diagnosing and treating victims before the disease takes hold. The study will also develop new forms of cure aimed for victims with special needs, including mothers, and women with reproductive problems.

The fund has been given to the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, in partnership with the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, and eating disorder charity Beat. Researchers hope that the study to be funded by this grant will enable to have new treatments for anorexia in five years.

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   by mentalboy11 (Unregistered) - 2007-04-07
 » holy crap!
that girl in the picture is scary! she should be in resident evil!


   Re: Velp (Unregistered) - 2007-04-07
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That image is photoshoped, here is a link to the story behind it:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/models.asp


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