1. Identification and management of eating disorders in gynecology: menstrual health as an underutilized screening tool
- Author
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Christina L. Boisseau
- Subjects
050103 clinical psychology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Preconception Care ,Feeding and Eating Disorders ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Humans ,Mass Screening ,Medicine ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Cooperative Behavior ,Disordered eating ,Psychiatry ,Menstrual Cycle ,Menstruation Disturbances ,Mass screening ,Menstrual cycle ,media_common ,Gynecology ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ,Binge eating ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,medicine.disease ,Eating disorders ,Cognitive therapy ,Female ,Amenorrhea ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - Abstract
Eating disorders are life-threatening conditions that disproportionately affect females, often during child-bearing years. Although the endocrinological and reproductive sequelae of these conditions often fall within the treatment purview of obstetrician-gynecologists, the assessment of eating pathology is challenging and often not part of routine clinical care. This commentary focuses on one of the common presenting symptoms of eating disorders in women, menstrual dysfunction, and discusses considerations for its clinical management in gynecology. Assessment of menstrual status provides a natural starting point for provider-patient discussion of disordered eating and weight behavior. Routine screening for eating disorders is critical and must be universal given the serious long-term consequences of these disorders.
- Published
- 2016