The neurotransmitter in psychogenic vomiting patients

N A Agadzhanyan; Агаджанян Николай Александрович; M S Artem’ieva; Артемьева Марина Станиславовна; I A Kovaleva; Ковалева Ирина Александровна; B M Kogan; Коган Борис Михайлович; T S Filatova; Филатова Татьяна Сергеевна; A Z Drozdov; Дроздов Александр Зосимович

The neurotransmitter in psychogenic vomiting patients

Authors: Agadzhanyan NA¹, Artem’ieva MS¹, Kovaleva IA², Kogan BM², Filatova TS², Drozdov AZ²
Affiliations:
1. Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
2. Scientific Center of Social and Forensic Psychiatry n.a. Serbsky
Issue: No 2 (2014)
Pages: 30-34
Section: Articles
URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/medicine/article/view/2853

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Abstract

This article describes the clinical and neurochemical correlations for eating disorders. These peculiarities must be considered in differential diagnosis and treatment of psychogenic vomiting and anorexia nervosa with bulimic episodes. Described disturbances of catecholamine excretion indicate reduction of adaptation mechanisms in conditions of prolonged food deprivation, which is a powerful psycho-emotional stress