Understanding Anorexia Nervosa in Males

Wooldridge, Tom

doi:10.4324/9781315669137

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“…Despite the seminal case descriptions of EDs making reference to both female and male patients [1], large parts of the 20th century were characterized by the notion that EDs did not afflict males, or afflicted very few and atypical males, since specific hallmark features (i.e., amenorrhea) did not apply to male patients. While this assertion eventually gave way to the notion that males account for approximately one in ten ED cases in the 1990s, more recent evidence suggests that males may represent approximately one in four presentations of disordered eating [2].…”

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Men, Muscles, and Eating Disorders: an Overview of Traditional and Muscularity-Oriented Disordered Eating

Lavender

Brown

Murray

2017

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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Purpose of Review There is growing recognition that eating disorder (ED) symptoms, particularly those of a muscularity-oriented nature, are more common in men than previously understood. The purpose of the current review is to describe contemporary directions and implications of research on traditional and muscularity-oriented ED symptoms among males. Recent Findings Evidence indicates that ED symptoms occur in a substantial minority of men. Importantly, recent research has focused on muscularity-oriented body image and disordered eating in males, demonstrating the prevalence, correlates, and consequences of maladaptive muscularity-oriented attitudes and behaviors. A growing number of assessments are available to measure these constructs in males, and preliminary treatment considerations have begun to be addressed in the literature. Summary Research on male EDs and body image is increasingly focusing on muscularity-oriented manifestations. Continued empirical work will be critical to improve our understanding of the onset, maintenance, and treatment of muscularity-oriented disordered eating in males.

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confidence: 99%

Men, Muscles, and Eating Disorders: an Overview of Traditional and Muscularity-Oriented Disordered Eating

Lavender

Brown

Murray

2017

Curr Psychiatry Rep

237

172

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“…Interessanterweise unterlag der Forschungsfokus im Laufe der Zeit seinem eigenen Wandel: während frühe Berichte aus dem 17. bis 19. Jahrhundert das heute als Anorexia Nervosa bekannte Störungsbild auch anhand von männlichen Patienten beschreiben [8], gerieten Männer im 20. Jahrhundert zunächst fast völlig aus dem Fokus.…”

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Munsch³

2020

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Essstörungen treten bei Frauen häufiger auf als bei Männern. Jedoch wird der Anteil an Männern in dieser Patientengruppe vermutlich unterschätzt, da Messinstrumente oft anhand von Daten weiblicher Betroffener entwickelt werden. In Symptomatik und Ätiologie zeigen sich zwischen den Geschlechtern mehr Gemeinsamkeiten als Unterschiede. Im Gegensatz zum Streben nach schlankem Körper ist für Männer aber ein Streben nach einem muskulösem Körper typisch.

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“…If asked, researchers have excluded transgender individuals from substantive data analyses due to statistical considerations stemming from the (typically) very small number of said individuals recruited into research samples. To some extent, this progression parallels the historical neglect of cisgender males in the eating disorders field, who were also regularly excluded from eating disorders research [12,13]. Beyond inclusion, the issue of gender extends to the development of eating disorder measurement instruments and diagnostic criteria, which were largely developed and evaluated with samples of (cisgender) females.…”

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Gender, Embodiment, and Eating Disorders

Griffiths

Yager

2019

Journal of Adolescent Health

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Duffy et al. [1] have published an important study in the Journal of Adolescent Health about the health of transgender individuals. In a survey of 365,749 college students living in the United States, 678 (.2%) self-identified as transgender. Among those identifying as transgender, Duffy et al. observed a past-year eating disorders prevalence rate of 18% (nearly one in five) compared with rates of 1.8% and .2% for cisgender women and men, respectively. Of those transgender individuals with eating disorders, the authors observed a past-year suicide attempt prevalence rate of 75%da figure both shocking and compelling. The authors accurately state that the high rate of suicidality among transgender individuals with eating disorders is likely the result of multiple compounding issues, including the widespread discrimination and violence perpetrated toward transgender individuals [2] and the intrinsic pathos of eating disorders, which are known to potentiate suicidality [3]. But why are eating disorders so common among transgender individuals in the first place? In this editorial, we articulate one potential answer by drawing on two interrelated psychological concepts: gender and embodiment. In the eyes of many, eating disorders are synonymous with females, anorexia, and an intense desire to be thin [4]. Meanwhile, the field of eating disorders is contending with new manifestations of eating disorders that arise from different yet equally intense desires. Muscle dysmorphia, a psychological disorder nicknamed "reverse anorexia," is the manifestation of an intense, psychopathological desire to be muscular [5]. Gender differences in the prevalence of anorexia nervosa and muscle dysmorphia accord with gender differences in the types of bodies that women and men covet [6]. Generally speaking, women desire to be thin, whereas men desire to be muscular. By extension, women are overrepresented in anorexia, and men are overrepresented in muscle dysmorphia [6]. Eating disorders can be understood as moving targets [7]. Different desires for different bodies motivate different attitudes and behaviors. If we are willing to accept that different people desire different bodies, then we must also accept different manifestations of the psychopathology that arises 1054-139X/

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Understanding Anorexia Nervosa in Males

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Men, Muscles, and Eating Disorders: an Overview of Traditional and Muscularity-Oriented Disordered Eating

Men, Muscles, and Eating Disorders: an Overview of Traditional and Muscularity-Oriented Disordered Eating

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