FAMILY PATHOLOGY AND ANOREXIA IN THE INDIAN CONTEXT

Authors
CHANDRA PS SHAH A SHENOY J KUMAR U VARGHESE M BHATTI RS CHANNABASAVANNA SM
Citation
Ps. Chandra et al., FAMILY PATHOLOGY AND ANOREXIA IN THE INDIAN CONTEXT, International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 41(4), 1995, pp. 292-298
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
International Journal of Social Psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00207640
Volume
41
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
292 - 298
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7640(1995)41:4<292:FPAAIT>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Frequent associations have been found between family interaction and a norectic behaviour. Family theorists have viewed anorexia as a manifes tation of a dysfunctional family system. We report three families of c ases of anorexia (one male and two female) where the symptom was a ref lection of family pathology and was being maintained by it. The cases emphasize the need to assess families of anorectics in detail and view them in the cultural context of eating.