title: [Psychiatry throughout ages: rethinking anorexia nervosa as a viable behavior in a specific sociocultural context?].
abstract: Anorexia nervosa when described from a critical, historical perspective, may be successfully construed as a viable psychiatric illness. Just as fasting girls and victorian anorexics gained attention and respect in their families and communities, modern adolescent anorexics often derive reinforcement from peers and community acceptance of their self-starvation. This theoretical construction makes it possible to explain the changing nature of anorexia nervosa trough the ages and its' continued increase as well.
authors.affiliation: Katedry Psychopatologii i Psychoterapii Wydziału Psychologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Starzomska
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology; D003469:Culture; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
vernacular_title: Z historii psychiatrii: anorexia nervosa jako optymalne zachowanie w socjokulturowym kontekście.