Anorexia nervosa: An Indian perspective.
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2009-07
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Anorexia nervosa is a condition thought to be associated with
the western culture. However, the recent publication of a case
series from Asia suggests that it is a syndrome related to a
changing culture. We present a detailed clinical form of this
syndrome based on descriptive analysis of 2 cases of anorexia
nervosa. Both these patients were adolescent, school-going
girls from middle socioeconomic class of urban background.
They were pre-morbidly non-obese and did not have any
pressures to pursue slimness for beauty. However, there was
an identifiable psychosocial stressor as a precipitant in both of
them. Both the patients had symptoms of refusal to eat
followed by weight loss. We could not identify any risk factor
in our patients for anorexia nervosa. Our report illustrates the
differences in developmental and psychodynamic issues related
to the development of anorexia nervosa, though the clinical symptoms may be similar.
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Mendhekar D N, Arora K, Lohia D, Aggarwal A, Jiloha R C. Anorexia nervosa: An Indian perspective. National Medical Journal of India. 2009 Jul-Aug; 22(4): 181-182.