Getting beneath the phenotype of anorexia nervosa: the search for viable endophenotypes and genotypes.

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Treatment for anorexia nervosa has changed little from that described by Gull over a century ago. To focus merely on symptomatic relief from "not eating," as occurs with some forms of hospital care, is primitive. The evidence base to guide treatment is thin. Nevertheless, there is hope that better understanding of the causes and maintaining factors may translate into more sophisticated treatments. This review...

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