title: [Anorexia nervosa in men].
abstract: Nervous anorexia seen in males (25 cases), having a certain similarity in the clinical picture with female anorexia, has nevertheless, some special traits. Cases of anorexia in males are characterized by a higher predominance of hereditary loading, by an earlier onset (10--14 in comparison to 15--20 of female anorexia), a rather early appearance of refined deficitary symptomatology, and frequently enough a rapid psychopathization. However, these patients preserve formal abilities for a rather long period. The disease, as a rule, is an expression of a schizophrenic process unlike female anorexia, where this form of pathology may be inherent not only to schizophrenia but also to neuroses, psychopathy or be an independent psychosomatic disorder.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D001247:Asthenia / Q000150:complications; D001828:Body Image; D002648:Child; D003702:Delusions / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012557:Schizoid Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000150:complications; D012737:Sex Factors; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: Nervnaia anoreksiia u muzhchin.