BackgroundOver the last 50 years, several studies have provided estimates of the prevalence
of transsexualism. The variation in reported prevalence is considerable and may be …

Binge eating disorder (BED) is a mental illness characterised by recurrent binge eating
episodes in the absence of appropriate compensatory behaviours. Consequently, BED is …

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Both obesity and being underweight have been associated with increased mortality 1 , 2 .
Underweight, defined as a body mass index (BMI) ≤ 18.5 kg per m 2 in adults and ≤ −2 …

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a complex and heritable eating disorder characterized by
dangerously low body weight. Neither candidate gene studies nor an initial genome-wide …

Background Extreme weight conditions (EWC) groups along a continuum may share some
biological risk factors and intermediate neurocognitive phenotypes. A core cognitive trait in …

Characterized primarily by a low body-mass index, anorexia nervosa is a complex and
serious illness 1 , affecting 0.9–4% of women and 0.3% of men 2 , 3 – 4 , with twin-based …

1. BACKGROUND Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), emerged only a few months ago
in China, is now a global pandemic (see Figures​ 1 and​ 2). The significant medical …

… Citation2011; Krug et al., Citation2008) are among the most difficult core symptoms to
address, even with well-established evidence-based psychological therapies (Fernandez-Aranda …

Background Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, and nonfatal suicide attempts,
which occur far more frequently, are a major source of disability and social and economic …