The aetiology of anorexia nervosa
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The aetiology of anorexia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is an intriguing illness: the fact that it affects mainly attractive, intelligent young women, the wilful starvation, the near delusional insistence that they look just right, the intensive fear of becoming fat, the obsession with food and cooking, the perfectionist attitude, the secretiveness, and then the periodic gorging and vomiting. It has inspired a large number of public...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Medicine
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0033-2917,1469-8978
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700050832