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Incidence and Causality of Anorexia Nervosa seen in a historical perspective
Author(s) -
Tolstrup Kai
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1990.tb11075.x
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , perspective (graphical) , incidence (geometry) , causality (physics) , anorexia , psychology , pathological , psychiatry , medicine , developmental psychology , eating disorders , pathology , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , computer science , optics
Tolstrup K. Incidence and causality of Anorexia Nervosa seen in a historical perspective. Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl. 361, Vol. 82. 1990: 1–6. The history of the affliction known as anorexia nervosa can be divided into two periods. Before the year 1600, this condition is described first and foremost in connection with religious life, ‘holy anorexia’. From about 1600 onward and up to our own times, it has become more of medical and pathological concept, depending on and reflecting the changing directions of medical fashion so‐matically, psychiatrically, and socio‐culturally. There seems to be increased interest at certain times, but it has not been possible to document the alleged increase in incidence in recent decades.