神経性食欲不振の初期像としてのAnorexia Athletica

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Two cases with anorexia athletica were reported that suggest an early stage of anorexia nervosa : one was a 15-year-old highschool girl who was a member of a Shintaiso-club and the other a 29-year-old male ballet-dancer. The former responded well to minor psychotherapy, and menstruation was resumed shortly, whereas the latter anorexic male needed much more intensive treatment including self-analysis. Although both cases did not fully satisfy the criteria of anorexia nervosa, they were considered to represent a variant or precursor of the disease spectrum. Furthermore, on the basis of a questionnaire-survey of adolescent girls in a highschooI, a higher incidence of meal skipping, fancy eating and food hoarding was seen among the members of a Shintaiso-club than among those of non-athletic clubs. These results were thought to indicate that baryophobic state which is rather commot in modern adolescents may not infrequently lead to anorexia athletica. Selected cases thereof may eventually merge into anorexia nervosa.
日本心身医学会の論文
1986-10-01