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Anorexia nervosa: an Indian perspective.

D N Mendhekar¹, K Arora, D Lohia

¹Neuropsychiatry and Headache Clinic, Pratap Nagar, Metro Pillar 129, Delhi 110007, India. dnmendhekar@vsnl.net

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Anorexia nervosa, previously linked to Western culture, appears in diverse cultural contexts. This study highlights psychosocial stressors as key triggers in adolescent girls, even without typical risk factors.

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Area of Science:

Psychiatry
Cultural Psychology
Developmental Psychology

Background:

Anorexia nervosa is traditionally associated with Western cultural norms.
Emerging evidence suggests anorexia nervosa is a syndrome influenced by cultural shifts, as indicated by recent Asian case series.
This study examines anorexia nervosa in a non-Western, urbanized Asian context.

Observation:

Presents a descriptive analysis of two adolescent, school-going girls from middle socioeconomic urban backgrounds.
Patients were pre-morbidly non-obese and lacked societal pressures for thinness.
Identifiable psychosocial stressors precipitated the onset of symptoms in both cases.

Findings:

Both patients exhibited food refusal and subsequent weight loss, characteristic of anorexia nervosa.
No conventional risk factors for anorexia nervosa were identified in these cases.
The study underscores unique developmental and psychodynamic factors contributing to anorexia nervosa.

Implications:

Challenges the notion of anorexia nervosa being solely a Western culture-bound disorder.
Highlights the role of psychosocial stressors in the development of eating disorders across diverse cultural settings.
Suggests the need for culturally sensitive approaches in understanding and treating anorexia nervosa.