Talk:Anorexia nervosa

Abbreviation disease

May I suggest that it is not good writing to use abbreviations like AN in an article for a general audience like Wikipedia? This bad habit is found in scientific journal articles, and is best thought of as jargon (and undesirable) in even that writing genre. When publishing in a biology journal, it makes sense to shorten deoxyribonucleic acid to dna - every reader knows the polysyllabic word, and dna has a long history of use. Here, the average Wiki reader thinks in terms of 'anorexia,' and has never seen 'AN' before. 'AN' makes the reader stop and think 'what the heck is that?' before clicking that it's an abbreviation. And AN doesn't even have the saving grace of dna once had that it saved characters back when authors were charged by the character to publish their articles. To sum up, if you mean anorexia - or anorexia nervosa - you should say so. There is no possible benefit to the writer or reader to abbreviate (unless it's the pleasure of the writer to show that he/she knows the insider jargon). Plain, explicit language is always best. MarkinBoston (talk) 22:14, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia's Manual of Style does not forbid such abbreviations as long as the abbreviation is defined earlier in the article. That's quite common in most styles. In this case, I added it to the first sentence. That's sufficient. That being said, there's nothing stopping you from spelling it out when you see it, as long as it doesn't create clunky sentences. Sundayclose (talk) 23:15, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

Definition

Not all medical definitions agree on whether or not the trouble can be present at any weight.

The Mayo Clinic gives this definition:

Anorexia (an-o-REK-see-uh) nervosa — often simply called anorexia — is an eating disorder characterized by an abnormally low body weight, an intense fear of gaining weight and a distorted perception of weight.

Medline Plus:

Anorexia is an eating disorder that causes people to weigh less than is considered healthy for their age and height, usually by excessive weight loss.

So let's not assert on the Wiki page that the definition doesn't necessarily relate to actual weight. This is just objectively false. Some definitions do, not all of them, there is not a consensus. Jeanvaljean001 (talk) 20:11, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Intro to Psychology

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 23 October 2024 and 12 December 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Dr3709 (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Dr3709 (talk) 05:07, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

UCSF Work Plan

Work Plan Timeline

Due Date, Assignment

12/12 3PM decide the topic of the Wiki Editing : Anorexia Nervosa

12/12 3PM Read the article and identify info know to be missing

12/12 3PM Start looking into resources

12/16 Add the info missing from the entire article with appropriate citations

12/17 finish up adding info with missing info and appropriate citations

12/17 Insert the article into hemingwayapp.com to identify where grammatical/spelling errors lay, where confusion may lie in article. Appropriately fix

12/19 Review peer edits and revise appropriately Jfriskey (talk) 16:50, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi Jfriskey,

I'll be conducting a brief peer review of your contributions so far. First of all great work on the article so far!! I'm impressed by all the sections you've contributed to and think you've done a wonderful job overall.

Intro

I think all the info you added into this section was very relevant and you did a good job of expanding an already large section. The only thing I would recommend changing is that some terms like "body dysmorphia" and "purging" don't have links to the associated wiki articles.

Symptoms

Again, awesome job basically adding the entire perceptual symptoms paragraph. I think the examples you provided are great. The only thing I would recommend changing is adding some citations to the altered body schemas section and some of the behavioral symptoms.

Comorbidity and Psychological

Very important additions with respect to the origins of anorexia here and links to PTSD. Only thing I would recommend changing is updating source 111. It appears to link to an unrelated article.

Diagnosis

Good job including discussion of BMI here and referencing the DSM5. Only thing I would recommend changing is maybe modifying or expanding the "failing to account for body compositions" to help briefly explain why this is the case for those who might be new to BMI.

Investigations

I think you captured a lot of relevant info in the physical exam section and the gender differences with respect to male anorexia was important and interesting to read. I would recommend adding some more citations to the physical exam section. For the gender differences, I would suggest maybe rewording some of the comparisons to female anorexia. I feel like removing those phrases and just saying something like "males are more prone to..." flows better. WRabbit52 (talk) 08:16, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Difficulties in Receiving Treatment

Hi there,

I wanted to talk about the problems of accessing ED treatment in the usa. I'd speak to problems with affording healthcare and resources like Project Heal. Where do you guys think I should add that section? Thanks. Jfriskey (talk) 01:15, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

This could be a new subsection under the Treatment section, perhaps called Barriers to accessing treatment or something of the sort. You may want to consider creating a draft in your sandbox first. Nsophiay (talk) 03:04, 13 December 2024 (UTC)