Gender Identity Disorder and Eating Disorders

Overview

Journal Int J Eat Disord

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Social Sciences

Date 2002 Oct 19

PMID 12386912

Citations 20

Authors

Urs Hepp

Gabriella Milos

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Abstract

We report three cases of transsexual patients who are suffering from an eating disorder: a biological male patient diagnosed with anorexia nervosa (AN), a biological male patient with bulimia nervosa (BN), and a biological female patient with AN as well as a severe alcohol dependence. The relationship between eating behavior, gender identity, sexual orientation, and body dissatisfaction is discussed.

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