A Brief Summary Of Eating Disorders

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Ellen has aleast five of the following symptoms:
1. Ellen has not been able to forget about being depressed and obessing about thoughts of suicide. She has a depressing mood most of the day, nearly every day for over a month. She tries to disguise her thoughts with work even though she feels overwhelmed. She recently lost her mom and then found out her boyfriend was cheating on her with a student. Ellen has shown significant weight loss and decrease in appetite nearly every day. She weighs 110 pounds and only 5’5. She was obsessed with being thin.
2. Ellen is rarely slept and has had insomnia nearly every day.
3. Ellen is feeling worthless and excessive guilt nearly every day. Ellen wished she could of did more to help her mother when she

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