title: [Specific factors of sex behavior in patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia].
abstract: 65 patients were examined. They were divided into three groups. Group 1 consisted of patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) without bulimia, complicated by cachexia and amenorrhea. Epileptoid personality masculinous body built and behaviour, essential disturbances of sexual self-identification prevailed in this group. 3 patients had homoerotic tendencies, while a syndrome of sex negation developed in 5 cases. In group 2 bulimia was a stage of AN development. The patients had frequently initial endocrinopathy (obesity, dysmenorrhea), experiences of phobia and anxiety, asynchronous disharmonious type of psychosexual ontogenesis. Group 3 of patients was characterized by predomination of bulimia symptoms as a variation of the disease course. Normostenic body built, normal somatoendocrine and psychosexual development were combined with hysteric personal characteristics, mood and sexual fluctuations.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Oleĭnikov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology*; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D011606:Psychosexual Development / Q000502:physiology; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: Osobennosti seksual'nogo povedeniia u bol'nykh nervnoĭ anoreksieĭ i bulimieĭ.