Visual body size estimation in adolescent anorexia nervosa: Behavioural and neurophysiological data suggest intact visual perception and biased emotional attention.

Body image disturbance is a key symptom of anorexia nervosa (AN). AN patients report body dissatisfaction and overestimate their own body size in several tasks. This study aimed to clarify whether this overestimation arises from deficits in visual perception.

["BodyExperience" - I - You -We and Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescence].

Adolescence can be understood as a physical "awakening", but keeping a childlike mind.The term "awakening" implies movement, straightening, purposeful progress and change as physical occurrences. The development of a sexual identity differentiates in the change of female/male body parts and reaches its peak.

Influence of Identity Development on Weight Gain in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa.

Background: Anorexia Nervosa (AN) typically begins during early adolescence, an important phase of personality development. A substantial proportion of adolescent AN patients shows impaired personality functioning, which might be a relevant but understudied aspect of illness severity. The developmental status of identity as key element of personality is suggested to influence inpatient treatment outcome in adolescents with AN.

Perceptive Body Image Distortion in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa: Changes After Treatment.

One key symptom of anorexia nervosa (AN) is body image distortion (BID). For example, AN patients who are asked to perform body size estimation tasks tend to overestimate their body size; this is thought to indicate a distortion of the perceptive component of body image. Although BID is an important treatment objective, only few treatment approaches explicitly target body image, and even fewer target the perceptive component.