EATING BEHAVIOR DISORDERS IN NEUROTIC PAT IENTS

The clinical peculiarities as well as clinical pathogenetic regulariti es of the eating behaviour disorders development In 144 patients with neuroses were analysed. In accordance with clinical observations two m ain types of primary and secondary eating behaviour disorders (anorexi a) were picked out. It was determined that eating behaviour pathology in patients with primary anorexia was associated with deep suppression of eating impulse meanwhile in individuals with secondary alterations - with phobia or hypochondriacal disturbances. While the development of general neurotic symptoms was determined by pathogenetic psychotrau matic situations the formation of psychogenic disorders of eating beha viour was promoted by some additional factors exactly premorbid peculi arities of eating behaviour, digestive system's functional unsufficien cy.