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The British Journal of Psychiatry 145: 326-330 (1984)
© 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Anorexia nervosa in a black Zimbabwean

T Buchan and LD Gregory

In spite of the comparative rarity of anorexia nervosa in African patients, the case of a young black Zimbabwean woman which fulfils Feighner's diagnostic criteria is presented. Special reference is made to several unusual features which include the social and psychological conflicts engendered by changes of culture, the clinical symptoms, and the role of a traditional healer in her recovery. A speculative hypothesis concerning aetiology is suggested.


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