Sanchez-Cardenas M, Paruit Portes C
Service des explorations fonctionnelles, CHRU de Nantes, France.
Arch Pediatr. 1996 Jan;3(1):51-4. doi: 10.1016/s0929-693x(96)80010-8.
Young ballet dancers constitute a risk group for anorexia and bulimia but suicide attempts have not been reported in this group.
Two girls, aged 16 and 15 years, respectively, were admitted for suicide attempts. Both were students in a ballet school and have been previously treated for anorexia nervosa. One of them was depressed and the other had hysterical manifestations.
Psychological monitoring should be systematic in young athletic subjects of high-level performances.
