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Social isolation, competitiveness and self-defeating mesochism are the major themes in male and female Anorexia Nervosa. A relationship is seen between Anorexia Nervosa and Perversions, where there is a preconscious reenactment of traumatic situations. This dynamic of competition and masochism is described in two cases of male anorexia and seen as part of many other cases.
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Halperin, E.N. The role of socialization in male Anorexia Nervosa: Two cases. Child Psych Hum Dev 26, 159–168 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02353357
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