Abstract:Abstract. The sense of personal ineffectiveness is one of the core clinical characteristics in eating disorders (ED). Objective: To describe the evidence on the sense of personal ineffectiveness in patients suffering from anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia nervosa. Method: Medline/Pubmed databases were used to look for evidence on ineffectiveness in ED. Results: The "paralyzing sense of personal ineffectiveness" described by Bruch (1973) in anorexic patients, related to a deficit in the sense of self, due to earl… Show more
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