Restricter anorexia nervosa in a thirteen-year-old sheltered Muslim girl raised in Lahore, Pakistan: developmental similarities to westernized patients.
An academically perfectionistic and interpersonally compliant 13-year-old girl raised in a traditional, sheltering Muslim home in Lahore, Pakistan developed restricter anorexia nervosa in the context of being teased about her weight by her closest friend and younger brother, and in a context of family weight preoccupation. Similarities to current pathogenetic hypotheses among Western adolescents are discussed.
Yager
J
J
UCLA School of Medicine.
Smith
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D001835:Body Weight; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D003906:Developing Countries; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology*; D010154:Pakistan; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology