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Doctors Can Predict the Onset of Eating Disorders – Anxiety and Eating Disorders

Doctors states that schizophrenia and depression are not the mental disorders that have the highest mortality rate; rather, they point out that among people who have this disorder, 20% of them yield to the illness. Therefore, it is helpful if there are ways to predict the risk factors of having eating disorders and who will likely develop it.

According to the statistics, almost 90% of those who have bulimia, anorexia, or both, are young women in their 20’s and teens. When they reach adolescence, their eating disorders have fully developed. Colleges in America reported that more than 40% of students have any of the three disorders in their florid or sub clinical form.

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Mood Disorders

I’m a big believer that all of us who have mood disorders, or know someone who does, need to understand the definition of the illnesses before dealing with symptoms. Mood disorders make it difficult for a person to regulate their moods- which is why so many people with depression often hear that they should just get control of their emotions and not be so sensitive and negative!

There are two types of mood disorders: Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Disorder. Both are considered genetic disorders and they share many symptoms. There is also a form of depression called situational depression, where a person becomes depressed due to a specific event and then goes back to a stable mood once the event and its aftermath is over. This article focuses on Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Depression.

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