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Anorexia Nervosa in Down's Syndrome—A Case Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

D. J. Cottrell  and
A. H. Crisp
D. J. Cottrell
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital
A. H. Crisp*
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital Medical School, Tooting, London SW17 0RE
*
∗Correspondence.
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Summary

A case is described of anorexia nervosa arising in a mentally-handicapped 35-year old person with Down's syndrome. The late onset is accounted for on the grounds that adolescent challenges had only recently arisen in this instance. Removal of the patient from the provocative situation, coupled with some effective psychotherapeutic ‘grief work’ with the family, was associated with restoration of normal body weight and menstrual function, following the patient's acceptance of the usual re-feeding treatment programme.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 145 , Issue 2 , August 1984 , pp. 195 - 196
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1984 

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Crisp, A. H. (1980) Anorexia Nervosa: Let Me Be. London: Academic Press.Google Scholar
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