Abnormal+grief+and+eating+disorders+within+a+mother-son+dyad.

Randall, Lynda. "Abnormal Grief and Eating Disorders within a Mother-Son Dyad." British Journal of Medical Psychology, vol. 66, no. 1, Mar. 1993, pp. 89-96. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/j.2044-8341.1993.tb01730.x.

Lynda Randall claims that a woman at the age of 50 developed anorexia nervosa after the loss of her son in a car crash. The mother had previously suffered from depression prior to the car crash. The son was at one point diagnosed with bulimia nervosa and had recovered from the disorder at the age of 22. It is said in the article that the son's disorder was triggered by the mothers ongoing depression. The mother received a 16 week treatment that was successful. The author's purpose of this article is to make it aware that different disorders including eating disorders can be triggered by the process of abnormal grief. This article serves as an important part of my research because it gives me evidence that grief can become abnormal due to the history of the patient. This article is a real-life situation that was provided by the author to show that disorders can be caused from the grieving process.The author provides background knowledge of the patient to make her story more solid. The grieving process can be considered abnormal in situations like this.