Social information-processing and coping in adolescent females diagnosed with an eating disorder: toward a greater understanding of control.

The objective of this study was to examine differences in social information-processing and coping strategies between adolescent females in treatment for an eating disorder and asymptomatic peers. Adolescent females in treatment for an eating disorder (n = 50) were compared to asymptomatic control participants (n = 59) on a measure of social information-processing. Participants were presented with 4 hypothetical, ambiguous social dilemmas in which the intent of a peer provocateur was unclear.

A case report of Wernicke's encephalopathy in a pediatric patient with anorexia nervosa--restricting type.

Purpose: To describe a case of Wernicke's encephalopathy in a 15-year-old female patient with anorexia nervosa--restricting type.

Method: The patient and family were interviewed. Literature relevant to the case was reviewed prior to diagnosis.

Endocrine aspects of eating disorders in adolescents.

Eating disorders are an important health concern among adolescents. Young women frequently present with signs and symptoms of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. These disorders represent clinically significant illnesses with serious and sometimes permanent medical complications, including a number of endocrine conditions, that, in general, result from the body s adaptive response to malnutrition.

Urethral Cancer.

Primary cancer of the urethra is an uncommon lesion with only slightly more than 400 cases in men, and slightly less than 1,100 cases in females reported in the literature. Review of these cases allows some generalizations. The most common tumor type in both sexes is squamous cell carcinoma.