Luca Antonina, Luca Maria, Calandra Carmela
Department "G.F. Ingrassia" Section of Neuroscience, University of Catania (Sicily), Italy.
Department of Medical and Surgery Specialties, Psychiatry Unit of the University Hospital "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele" of Catania (Sicily), Italy. Via S. Sofia 78, 95100 Catania.
Aging Dis. 2014 Feb 5;6(1):48-55. doi: 10.14336/AD.2014.0124. eCollection 2015 Feb.
Eating disorders are a heterogeneous group of complex psychiatric disorders characterized by abnormal eating behaviours that lead to a high rate of morbidity, or even death, if underestimated and untreated. The main disorders enlisted in the chapter of the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders-5 dedicated to "Feeding and Eating Disorders" are: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. Even though these abnormal behaviours are mostly diagnosed during childhood, interesting cases of late-life eating disorders have been reported in literature. In this review, these eating disorders are discussed, with particular attention to the diagnosis and management of those cases occurring in late-life.
饮食失调是一组异质性的复杂精神障碍,其特征为异常的饮食行为,如果未得到重视和治疗,会导致高发病率甚至死亡。《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》第5版中专门论述“进食与喂养障碍”的章节所列出的主要障碍有:神经性厌食症、神经性贪食症和暴饮暴食症。尽管这些异常行为大多在儿童期被诊断出来,但文献中也报道了一些有趣的老年期饮食失调病例。在这篇综述中,我们将讨论这些饮食失调问题,尤其关注老年期发生的此类病例的诊断和管理。