An eating disorder that is characterized by the lack or loss of APPETITE, known as ANOREXIA. Other features include excess fear of becoming OVERWEIGHT; BODY IMAGE disturbance; significant WEIGHT LOSS; refusal to maintain minimal normal weight; and AMENORRHEA. This disorder occurs most frequently in adolescent females. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)
    

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Anorexia Nervosa

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The anorexic's story / by Mary Petrie.

Die Anorexia nervosa / Horst Mester.

"Shall she famish then?" : female food refusal in early modern England / Nancy Gutierrez.

Todeshunger : die Geschichte der Anorexia nervosa vom Mittelalter bis heute / Joan Jacobs Brumberg.

A tribute to Lasègue's "Description of anorexia nervosa" (1873) : with completion of its English translation / Walter Vandereycken and Ron van Deth.