Anorexia nervosa and art therapy: The “double trap” of the anorexic patient

1994 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Luzzatto
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Art Therapy ◽  
Anorexic Patient

Alexithymia in Women with Anorexia Nervosa

1992 ◽  
Vol 161 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Bourke ◽  
Graeme J. Taylor ◽  
James D. A. Parker ◽  
R. Michael Bagby
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Patient Group ◽  
Normal Female ◽  
Duration Of Illness ◽  
Anorexic Patient ◽  
Female Subjects

The prevalence of alexithymia in 48 female anorexia nervosa patients was 77.1% compared with a prevalence of 6.7% in 30 normal female subjects, matched by age and education. Alexithymia correlated negatively with education in the anorexic patient group, but was unrelated to duration of illness, amount of weight loss, and levels of depression and of general psychoneurotic pathology.

The Eating Attitudes Test: an index of the symptoms of anorexia nervosa

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Garner ◽  
Paul E. Garfinkel
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Normal Range ◽  
Frequency Distributions ◽  
Anorexic Patient ◽  
High Level ◽  
Male Subjects ◽  
Normal Controls

SynopsisData on the development of a 40-item measure of the symptoms in anorexia nervosa are reported. The scale (EAT) is presented in a 6-point, forced choice, self-report format which is easily administered and scored. The EAT was validated using 2 groups of female anorexia nervosa patients (N = 32 and 33) and female control subjects (N = 34 and 59). Total EAT score was significantly correlated with criterion group membership(r = 0·87, P < 0·001), suggesting a high level of concurrent validity. There was very little overlap in the frequency distributions of the 2 groups and only 7% of the normal controls scored as high as the lowest anorexic patient. Female obese and male subjects also scored significantly lower on the EAT than anorexics. Recovered anorexic patients scored in the normal range on the test, suggesting that the EAT is sensitive to clinical remission.

scholarly journals Spektrum postaw wobec śmierci u osób z anoreksją

2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-202
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Starzomska
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Psychiatric Illness ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Anorexic Patient ◽  
Distorted Body Image ◽  
Attitudes To Death

Anorexia nervosa is a grave psychiatric illness characterized by a distorted body image which triggers intensive self-starvation and — as a consequence — significantly diminished body weight. It can be fatal: the mortality rate is thought to be between 4% and 20%. The very essence of this eating disorder is a categorical refusal to be cured in conjunction with a profound denial of illness. The most peculiar aspect of anorexia nervosa that may account for the denial of illness and the difficulty patients have in accepting treatment is egosyntonicity. It means that the illness is highly valued by afflicted individuals and it is inextricably linked with their sense of identity. Thus this illness is existential. Some researchers describe anorexia nervosa as suicide, but the anorexic understanding of death seems to be more complicated. If anorexia is, for the patient, an avenue to a worthwhile life, then, giving up anorexia — gaining weight — can mean giving up the reason for living. Therefore the refusal of eating that in another patient might look suicidal, may for the anorexic patient be the only way of life. The article analyses various aspects of anorexic attitudes to death.

Process-Centred Art Therapy in Anorexia Nervosa

1986 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 322-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronán M Conroy ◽  
Mairéad McDonnell ◽  
Joni Swinney
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Art Therapy ◽  
Treatment Needs

The authors report on their evolution of inpatient art therapy in the treatment of anorexia nervosa. Having begun with an approach based on assigned themes, they later abandoned this in favour of an approach based on the process of painting. The difficulties inherent in the former approach may be fundamentally related to the psychopathology and treatment needs of patients with anorexia.

A Case of Art Therapy using MANTRA for Patient Diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 271-300
Author(s):  
Gemma Kwon ◽  
◽  
Jung-Ah An ◽  
Eun-Hea Lee
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Art Therapy
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