Food refusal and insanity: Sitophobia and anorexia nervosa in Victorian asylums

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 390-404

  Van Deth, Ron ^a,c   Vandereycken, Walter ^b  

^a Europ Inst for Psychosocial Educ   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

19th century; Anorexia nervosa; Asylum; Food refusal; History; Insanity; Sitophobia

Indexed keywords

AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DELUSION; DIGESTION; EATING DISORDER; HALLUCINATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; STARVATION;

EID: 0034127027     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(200005)27:4<390::AID-EAT3>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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