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Eating disorder in a transgendered patient: A case report

✍ 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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✦ 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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