Weight Restored, Eating Well, But No Menses in Sight? Huh?
Originally published at Science of Eating Disorders. Please leave any comments there.
It is to be expected that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, at least when it comes to anorexia nervosa, relies heavily on measures that are hard to quantify and measure objectively. The big exception is amenorrhea: the absence of menses (commonly known as “periods”) for three consecutive months. As I’ve mentioned before, this criterion will be [...]