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The British Journal of Psychiatry 153: 248-250 (1988)
© 1988 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Anorexia nervosa in a woman totally blind since birth

SW Touyz, BT O'Sullivan, R Gertler and PJ Beumont
Department of Psychiatry, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.

A 19-year-old woman, blind since birth, lost 26 kg over a 7-month period. This was achieved by restriction of food intake, excessive exercise, laxative abuse, and self-induced vomiting. Although the visual experience is often believed to be an integral component of body- shape perception and the overvaluation of thinness in contemporary society, it does not preclude the development of anorexia nervosa.




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