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Anorexia nervosa in adolescents
Author(s) -
Margo J. L.
Publication year - 1985
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.2044-8341.1985.tb02634.x
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , psychology , antecedent (behavioral psychology) , referral , vomiting , anorexia , psychiatry , clinical psychology , eating disorders , developmental psychology , medicine , surgery , family medicine
This paper is a retrospective study of 40 carefully defined cases of anorexia nervosa in adolescents. The illness in adolescence appears similar to that in older patients with regard to most clinical features, an increased referral rate since the 1960s, an upper social class predominance, and the importance of antecedent events. Bingeing and vomiting appear to be relatively rare features of anorexia nervosa in adolescents.