Anorexia Nervosa: Symptoms, Side Effects

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Anorexia Nervosa Symptoms, Side Effects
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What is Eating Disorder

• Eating disorders are characterised by an abnormal
  attitude towards food that
• causes someone to change their eating habits and
  behaviour. A person with an
• eating disorder focuses excessively on weight and
  shape, leading them to
• make unhealthy choices about food with damaging
  results to their health.

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Ellern Mede

• Ellern Mede has been providing evidence-based
  specialised treatment for
• children and young people with eating disorders
  since 2000. We support children and
• young people aged 8 to 18 years, with a full care
  pathway to achieve exceptional rates
• of recovery. In addition, Ellern Mede Barnet has
  a four bed ward for young adults up to
• 22 years transitioning from CAMHS to adult
  services, the community or back home.

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Outpatient Services

• Do I have an eating disorder? If thats what you
  wonder, its worth
• checking, because early intervention vastly
  improves your speed of
• recovery. Your first step should be to see your
  GP and ask for a
• Junior or Adult MARSIPAN check, blood tests and
  assessment with a
• referral for a specialist Outpatient Eating
  Disorder Assessment, such
• as we offer at Ellern Mede Group hospitals. Our
  affordable private
• outpatient services are for children to age 18,
  young adults up to age
• 25, with specialist support for families and
  carers.

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Different Eating Disorders

• Anorexia nervosa
• Bulimia
• Binge eating disorder (bed)
• Other specified eating disorders (osfed)
• Selective eating disorder (sed)
• Pervasive refusal syndrome (prs)

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What is Anorexia?

• Anorexia is a complex condition that is usually
  caused by a
• combination of different biological and
  environmental factors.
• Biologically, there is research that suggests
  genetics play a part,
• as well as irregular hormone functions and
  nutritional deficiencies.

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Signs and symptoms of anorexia include

• Low BMI
• Restricted eating or missing meals altogether
• Avoiding foods seen as fattening
• Obsessive and anxious attitudes about food
• A person believes they are fat when they are
  either at a healthy weight or
• underweight
• Taking appetite suppressants
• Overuse of laxatives or diuretics
• The cessation of periods in girls (amenorrhea)
  can be a side effect
• Hair loss and dry skin

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Anorexia treatment

• Ellern Medes experienced physicians, specialist
  doctors, psychiatrists and psychologists provide
  regular physical monitoring during
  both inpatient and 
• outpatient weight restoration. We follow NICE
  recommended family therapy
•  as the treatment of choice for young people with
  Anorexia Nervosa, as
• well as a range of therapies and supportive
  nursing and clinical interventions.

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Contact Information

• Head OfficeEllern Mede RidgewayHolcombe
  HillThe RidgewayMill HillLondon NW7 4HX

44 (0)20 3209 7900 44 (0)20 8906
1353 info_at_ellernmede.org