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1.5. Anorexia nervosa in males: similarities and differences to anorexia nervosa in females
Author(s) -
Crisp Arthur
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european eating disorders review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.511
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1099-0968
pISSN - 1072-4133
DOI - 10.1002/erv.703
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , eating disorders , citation , psychology , anorexia , psychiatry , psychoanalysis , library science , medicine , computer science , pathology
\udPrevious single case reports of males with anorexia\udnervosa from our database focused on the roles of\udgender and general personal identity conflicts and\udpanic/guilt over the consequences of impulsivity\udin precipitating out the illness (Davis & Crisp,\ud1993; Fry & Crisp, 1989; Toms & Crisp, 1972), the\udgrowth stunting but reversible effects of early onset\ud(Toms & Crisp, 1972), and a 35-year long follow-up\udof a case first seen in 1959 (Crisp, 1995).\udOur first reported series of 13 male patients (Crisp\ud& Toms, 1972) drew attention to the many similarities\udto a female population but emphasised, descriptively,\udthe high prevalence of psychiatric morbidity\udin the parents, often bound in with phobic avoidance\udbehaviours and commonly coupled with over-protectiveness\udof the patient during childhood