Eating Disorders in AdolescentBoys
Authors:
J. Kocourková; J. Koutek
Authors‘ workplace:
Dětská psychiatrická klinika 2. LF UK, Praha, přednosta doc. MUDr. V. Hort, CSc.
Published in:
Čes. a slov. Psychiat., , 1998, No. 8, pp. 480-483.
Category:
Overview
The authors draw attention to the incidence of eating disorders in boys andto the association of this pathological phenomenon with developmental prob-lems during adolescence. They deal with similarities and dissimilarities ofthe clinical picture in boys and girls and emphasize specific features of thedevelopment of sexual identity. The paper is illustrated by a case-history.
Key words:
eating disorders, boys, personality development, familyrelations, sexual identity.
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Addictology Paediatric psychiatry PsychiatryArticle was published in
Czech and Slovak Psychiatry
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