When anorexia nervosa is not female anymore

The anorexia is defined, above all, by a pathological ratio in food, as well from a qualitative or quantitative point of view. In a similar way to that of the young woman, the anorexia in man is not a uniform state. Little studied because of the scarcity of cases observed, the male anorexia accounts for approximately 10% of the cases, all ages confounded. Such a diagnosis is not always the first being made in man. Through Our Study and on the basis of a clinical case, we explored various dimensions: attachment, defenses and coping. Our objective was to understand the role of each one in the anorexic pathology in man. (C) 2008 Societe francaise de psychologie. Publie par Elsevier Masson SAS. Tous droits reserves.