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Family Pathology and Anorexia in the Indian Context

Prabha S. Chandra

Family Psychiatry Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560 029, India

Anisha Shah

Family Psychiatry Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560 029, India

Jyothi Shenoy

Family Psychiatry Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560 029, India

Udaya Kumar

Family Psychiatry Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560 029, India

Mathew Varghese

Family Psychiatry Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560 029, India

Ranbir S. Bhatti

Family Psychiatry Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560 029, India

S.M. Channabasavanna

Family Psychiatry Unit, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560 029, India

Frequent associations have been found between family interaction and anorectic behaviour. Family theorists have viewed anorexia as a manifestation of a dysfunctional family system. We report three families of cases of anorexia (one male and two female) where the symptom was a reflection 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.

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 41, No. 4, 292-298 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/002076409504100407
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