Why Was Amenorrhea Removed as a Criterion for Anorexia Nervosa

question 7

Multiple Choice

Why was amenorrhea removed as a criterion for anorexia nervosa?

• A)It excluded women who were pre-menopausal
• B)It excluded athletes
• C)Females with all anorexia nervosa symptomology and those with all symptomology but amenorrhea were psychologically identical
• D)There was little empirical support for amenorrhea being a predictor of AN, as it was also related to bulimia.

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