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Sufferers Often Socialize With Others Having Same Problem.(anorexics )
2001 JUL 12 - (NewsRx Network) -- A new study of anorexia has found people with this condition often form secretive "cults" with other anorexics in order to feel as if they are part of a group.
Megan Warin, a PhD student at Adelaide University's (Australia) department of anthropology and social inquiry, has spent the past three years researching the day-to-day social effects anorexia has on 46 women and men in Australia, Canada, and Scotland. Her research is particularly important and distinctive as it is believed to be among the first of its type in the world.
"The main theme of my research was how these people dealt with anorexia in the context of their everyday lives," she said. "I wanted to go beyond the shallow, media-generated stereotypes of anorexia and see just how it affects people and the way they interact with the world around them."
One of her central findings was that participants did not always experience anorexia as a debilitating psychiatric illness; rather, it was an empowering process that opened up a whole new way of relating to the world. This was most apparent when people came together in treatment settings, where they often formed highly secretive "cults" or "clubs" with other anorexia "sufferers," a ...
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