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Abstract：
Many individuals with eating disorders and their family members are well-informed about advances in science that could affect the treatment and outcome of these illnesses. They appropriately apply this knowledge to evaluate available treatments and advocate for the best possible evidence-based care. They ask hard questions that many clinicians are often ill-prepared to answer. Genetics has advanced our understanding of eating disorders and provides a novel lens through which to understand these pernicious illnesses. Clinicians can now update their understanding of the etiology of eating disorders and abandon outdated etiological theories, some of which have done harm to patients and their families. Without becoming expert in psychiatric genetics, psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals can develop a general overview of the science, understand what it can and cannot offer, incorporate genetic factors into their case conceptualizations, and boost their confidence in discussing these topics with patients and families.
摘要：
许多患有饮食失调的人及其家庭成员对可能影响这些疾病的治疗和结果的科学进步了如指掌。他们适当地应用这些知识来评估可用的治疗方法，并倡导最佳的循证护理。他们提出了许多临床医生通常准备不足的难题。遗传学提高了我们对饮食失调的理解，并提供了一种新颖的镜头来理解这些有害疾病。临床医生现在可以更新他们对饮食失调病因的理解，放弃过时的病因学理论，其中一些对患者及其家人造成了伤害。没有成为精神病学遗传学专家，精神科医生和其他精神卫生保健专业人员可以对科学进行总体概述，了解它能提供什么和不能提供什么，将遗传因素纳入他们的案例概念化，并增强他们与患者和家属讨论这些话题的信心。
