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2751943

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-8-30
pubmed:abstractText
Anorexia nervosa, as a retreat from and subsequent avoidance of intolerable maturational turmoil, can provide a vivid insight, especially as body weight is restored to normal within treatment, into the sexual and identity conflicts that have previously characterized the adolescence of the individual. When the adolescent has been adopted into the family then the challenge of developing biological (genetic) identity is especially great to the individual and his adoptive parents. A rare case of anorexia nervosa in a male adoptee is presented against this background. Our patient's dependent and smothering bond with his adoptive mother, which was loving but highly conditional, left him with no room for negotiation when it was threatened by his emerging sexual and other impulsivity and new assertiveness. Understanding and treatment of such cases can also help to shed light on the particular challenges that face many adoptive parents when their adopted children experience the thrust of puberty and enter adolescence.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0007-1129
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
62 ( Pt 2)
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
143-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Adoption and identity: a case of anorexia nervosa.
pubmed:affiliation
St George's Hospital Medical School, London.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports