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Hoarding in anorexia nervosa
Author(s) -
Frankenburg Frances R.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1984.tb01581.x
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , hoarding (animal behavior) , psychology , personality , starvation , anorexia , borderline personality disorder , psychiatry , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , eating disorders , feeding behavior , medicine , psychoanalysis , endocrinology
A case study of hoarding in a woman with anorexia nervosa is reported. Obsessional and borderline personality characteristics, exacerbated by starvation, may be determinants of hoarding in anorexia nervosa.