Yes. Anorexia is considered both a physical and a mental disorder.
Anorexia was first diagnosed and recognized as an actual medical disorder in the 1880s.
Anorexia nervosa is indeed a mental disorder.
It's not actually a virus or bacteria, it's a mental disorder. So it can't be spread! Yay ^^
That is a general characteristic of anorexia.
Anorexia. This is a psychiatric disorder called anorexia.
They are the same thing. Anorexia Nervosa is the full medical name, while anorexia is the shortened version used in spoken language.Actually no, they are not the same thing. Anorexia is the clinical term for loss of appetite, while Anorexia Nervosa(AN) is a serious mental disorder. AN is often shortened to simply anorexia, especially in common language, but technically they are different disorders.
In simple words: yes. For more information about it, look it up on wikipedia or in a medical dictionary.
There is no chain of infection for anorexia, as it is not caused by a pathogen. Anorexia Nervosa is a mental disorder.
Anorexia
That sounds exactly like the eating disorder known as Anorexia Nervosa, or anorexia for short.
Their is not a difference between the two things. Anorexia Nervosa is the name of the actual eating disorder. The other eating disorder is Bulimia Nervosa, and it is different from Anorexia Nervosa.
Yes. Anorexia is a documented and accepted disease / disorder.