Case study: early-onset anorexia nervosa in a Chinese boy.
In this case study of early-onset anorexia nervosa in a male patient from Hong Kong, clinical features are outlined and compared with those of their Western counterparts. Implications of being the only son in a traditional Chinese family and the process of acculturation and cultural conflicts of growing up in a Western-oriented society are put forward as significant psychodynamic factors in the etiology of his illness.
Lai
K Y
KY
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong.
Pang
A H
AH
Wong
C K
CK
D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D003469:Culture; D005006:Ethnicity; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations