Anorexia nervosa and baby gazing.
The uncommon behaviour of baby gazing is described in a patient who had also suffered three episodes of anorexia nervosa. The baby gazing responded to joint therapeutic interviews leading to the patient and her husband resolving their different views about having a family and the patient becoming pregnant. Even then there was a minor recurrence of anorexic behaviour which yielded to treatment.
Mental Health Unit, Dulwich Hospital, London.
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Rutherford
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Russell
D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image; D003702:Delusions; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009770:Obsessive Behavior; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000523:psychology; D012008:Recurrence