The family background in anorexia nervosa: a population-based study.
A group of 51 cases with anorexia nervosa (including a total population of cases from one birth cohort) was compared with a sex-, age- and school-matched group of 51 cases on various measures of family demography and interactions. There was no support for the notion of a "typical anorexia nervosa family." However, there were more major problems in the anorexia group and there was also a higher prevalence of dead first-degree relatives and depression in the mothers.
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Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Child Neuropsychiatry Centre, Göteborg, Sweden.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012923:Social Class