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This type of scarring is considered one of the physical indicators of a mental illness, and Russell's sign is primarily found in patients with an eating disorder such as bulimia nervosa, purging disorder, or anorexia nervosa. It is almost always associated with eating disorders and is the most characteristic skin condition indicative of purging.
Most people with bulimia are at normal weight and have higher risk for other mental disorders, such as depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder, and problems with drugs to alcohol. There is also a higher risk of suicide and self-harm. Bulimia is more common among those who have a close relative with the condition. [2]
About 70% of people with anorexia and 50% of people with bulimia recover within five years. [10] Only 10% of people with eating disorders receive treatment, and of those, approximately 80% do not receive the proper care. Many are sent home weeks earlier than the recommended stay and are not provided with the necessary treatment. [11]
Nikki Glaser got personal about her years-long battle with eating disorders. The Welcome Home Nikki Glaser? star documented her journey in a personal essay published on The Cut, entitled, “It ...
John Mulaney is choosing honesty when it comes to sharing his struggle with addiction and his attempts to stay sober. During his 2012 comedy special, New in Town, Mulaney explained why he decided ...
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia is an autobiography written by Marya Hornbacher, detailing her fourteen-year battle with eating disorders. [1] Published by HarperCollins in 1997, Wasted was a critical and commercial success. The author's young age (she wrote the book at the age of 21) surprised many readers, and the memoir was praised ...
From 1979 to 1993 he was a professor at the Institute of Psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital, London, [3] where he set up an eating disorder unit, [8] which has been named after him. [ 3 ] He used family therapy as a treatment for eating disorders and -in one of the earliest and most influential critical assessments of its efficacy- evaluated ...
Kesha Earl Gibson III/Shutterstock Kesha opened up about the “beautiful” healing process she’s undergone since she sought treatment for her eating disorder. The pop star, 36, explained that ...