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Disordered eating: a defense against psychosis?
1St. George's Hospital Medical School, Department of General Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom.
The International Journal of Eating Disorders
|September 19, 1998
Abstract:
The authors present four cases suffering with either bulimia nervosa or anorexia nervosa in conjunction with a psychotic illness. In all cases there appeared to be a reciprocal relationship between the eating disorder and psychosis such that improvement in eating precipitated or exacerbated the psychotic symptoms. We suggest that disordered eating serves as a defense against psychosis. Difficulties in treating such patients are discussed.