The severe weight loss and emaciation in a typical case stands in the service of a relentless pursuit of thinness which appears to be the driving motive. Actually, this preoccupation with the body and its size is a late step in an individual’s struggle to establish a sense of control and identity. Concern with control and size are the key issues in the classical anorexia nervosa syndrome. (67 pp.)
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The term “eating disturbances” is used here to refer to those conditions where body size and manipulation of food intake are used to solve or camouflage inner and outer adjustment problems.(41 pp.)
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