Anorexia nervosa and transcultural psychiatry
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https://doi.org/10.31766/revpsij.v35n4a5Keywords:
Transcultural psychiatry, Migration, Eating disorderAbstract
The case that is presented is a 16 years old female descendant of a family of Chinese origin. She was admitted to the hospitalisation unit of the children´s ward due to significant weight loss and hypokalemia. This article carries out a review of transcultural psychiatry and the consequences derived from the migratory process.