@article{ref1,
title="Blood-letting in anorexia nervosa: a case study",
journal="International journal of eating disorders",
year="2000",
author="Morgan, J. F. and Lacey, J. H.",
volume="27",
number="4",
pages="483-485",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Deliberate blood-letting has been characterized as an alternative to purging behavior in bulimia. <br><br>METHOD: We describe a female healthcare worker with an 8-year history of restrictive anorexia nervosa, who initially presented with anemia, using blood-letting, cold baths, and starvation to control her mental state. <br><br>RESULTS: In contrast with the previous cases of bulimia, the aim of blood-letting in this case of anorexia nervosa was to achieve anemia. She compared the psychic correlates of anemia to emaciation, rather than to deliberate self-harm or purging. <br><br>DISCUSSION: We note that mainstream 19th century psychiatry prescribed &quot;baths, blood-letting and diet&quot; as a treatment of &quot;madness.&quot;<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0276-3478",
doi="10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(200005)27:4<483::aid-eat15>3.0.co;2-y",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(200005)27:4<483::aid-eat15>3.0.co;2-y"
}