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Further evidence on early case descriptions of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Author(s) -
Habermas Tilmann
Publication year - 1992
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(199205)11:4<351::aid-eat2260110409>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , bulimia nervosa , psychology , overweight , anger , psychiatry , psychotherapist , eating disorders , medicine , obesity , endocrinology
Further historical case descriptions of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are presented to substantiate the thesis that both are historically new syndromes if the fear of becoming overweight is considered to be an essential element in both syndromes. The concept of anorexia nervosa seems to have been quite well known in France before World War I. An extensive and highly insightful description of a case of anorexia nervosa by L. Schneider (Archives de Psych logic, 12, 201–206, 1912) and an even more extensive description of a case of bulimia nervosa at normal body weight by L. Bins anger (Jahrbuch fur Psychoanaiytische Frosting, 1, 174–356, 1909; the earliest description known) are introduced.