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Psychotherapy in anorexia nervosa
Author(s) -
Bruch Hilde
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(198222)1:4<3::aid-eat2260010402>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , psychotherapist , psychology , anorexia , psychiatry , clinical psychology , eating disorders , medicine
The long term psychotherapeutic treatment of anorexia nervosa is discussed. Questions are raised ragarding how early disturbances among these patients can be recongnized, how anorexia nervosa patients express theur understanding of their mental attitude and behavior, and what they consider the reasons and causes behind it. A case study is used to illustrate these points.