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Anorexia Nervosa in a Woman Totally Blind Since Birth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

S. W. Touyz ,
B. T. O'Sullivan ,
R. Gertler  and
P. J. V. Beumont
S. W. Touyz*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales
B. T. O'Sullivan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales
R. Gertler
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales
P. J. V. Beumont
Affiliation:
The University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
*
∗Department of Psychiatry, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown 2050, New South Wales, Australia
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Abstract

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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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 153 , Issue 2 , August 1988 , pp. 248 - 250
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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