[Eating behavior disorders in neurotic patients].

The clinical peculiarities as well as clinical pathogenetic regularities of the eating behaviour disorders development in 144 patients with neuroses were analysed. In accordance with clinical observations two main types of primary and secondary eating behaviour disorders (anorexia) were picked out. It was determined that eating behaviour pathology in patients with primary anorexia was associated with deep suppression of eating impulse meanwhile in individuals with secondary alterations-with phobia or hypochondriacal disturbances. While the development of general neurotic symptoms was determined by pathogenetic psychotraumatic situations the formation of psychogenic disorders of eating behaviour was promoted by some additional factors exactly premorbid peculiarities of eating behaviour, digestive system's functional insufficiency.