Anorexia Nervosa Following Torture in a Young African Woman
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 153 (3) , 385-387
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.153.3.385
Abstract
A case of weight loss from food avoidance and vomiting in a young Ethiopian torture victim is described, and possible aetiological factors discussed.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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