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Anorexia Nervosa After the Menopause

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

John Kellett ,
Michael Trimble  and
Anthony Thorley
John Kellett
Affiliation:
St. George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, S.W.17
Michael Trimble
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, S.E.5
Anthony Thorley
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, S.E.5
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Summary

A patient is described who developed the classical syndrome of anorexia nervosa at the age of 52. Her illness occurred in relation to the marriages of her daughters and showed an extreme preoccupation with her body shape and a determination to slim by diet, purging and vomiting, and the hiding of food to the extent of rendering herself too weak to cope with the demands of her life.

It is suggested that anorexia nervosa, though predominantly a disease of onset in adolescence, may present at any age and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of anorexia in patients over the age of 50.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 128 , Issue 6 , June 1976 , pp. 555 - 558
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1976 

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