Eating disorder in a transgendered patient: A case report
β Scribed by Surgenor, Lois J. ;Fear, Jennifer L.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 92 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0276-3478
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β¦ Synopsis
This paper reports the case of a 25-year-old biological male transgendered patient referred to a specialist eating disorder service, and presenting with persistent purging, subjective binging, and restricting. She articulated a close link between transgender issues and the development of eating disorder symptoms. By virtue of its emphasis on estrangement from body, biological gender, and expected social role, transgenderism may constitute a risk factor for developing an eating disorder in certain men.
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