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Elevated pain threshold in eating disorders: physiological and psychological factors.
Journal of psychiatric research - 1 Jul 2005
Papezová H, Yamamotová A, Uher R
Abstract excerpt
Several studies have found decreased pain sensitivity in patients with eating disorders but it is unclear what physiological and psychological factors are associated with this abnormality. In the present investigation, thermal pain threshold latency, somatoform dissociation, body image disturbance and physiological indices of autonomic neural system activity were measured in 39 female patients with eating...
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