title: Anorexia nervosa in early adolescence in Sri Lanka.
abstract: We report four cases of anorexia nervosa (AN) seen over a period of 5 months in the psychiatry unit of a general hospital. The report is unusual because two of the patients were male, all were between 13 and 15 years of age and AN is thought to be rare in Sri Lanka. All four patients had features typical of AN. There are implications for clinical practice in Sri Lanka if the prevalence of AN is rising because all these patients presented to psychiatrists late in their illness, some in an advanced state of weight loss.
authors.affiliation: University Psychological Medicine Unit, National Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka. hemamali@panlanka.net
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Perera
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wickramasinghe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wanigasinghe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perera
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013188:Sri Lanka