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Happy Families?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Judith Heron  and
Rachel Leheup
Judith Heron
Affiliation:
St. Ann's Hospital, Nottingham and Part-time Senior Lecturer, Nottingham University
Rachel Leheup*
Affiliation:
Child and Family Therapy Clinic, 19 Clarendon Street, Nottingham NG1 5HR
*
∗Correspondence.
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Summary

Sixteen consecutive patients with anorexia nervosa were studied and compared with a control group of other patients coming to an adolescent service, matched for sex and admission status. The anorexic group were not significantly different from the controls in social class and I.Q., and had a male-to-female ratio of one to four. However, they were significantly more likely to have perfectionistic personality traits and to profess to be happy with their families; these families had few external stresses, were very close, and had a high degree of exclusivity.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 145 , Issue 2 , August 1984 , pp. 136 - 138
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1984 

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