Traditionally the study of anorexia nervosa has followed the diagnostic criteria of manuals as DSM with focus on topographic description of problem-behaviors. In doing that, none or little attention has been devoted to the functionality of behaviors in their contexts. Humans can stop eaten under the control of many events. So, the psychiatric model that brings a nosologic proposal only in the nomotetic characterizations couldn't be enough on the phenomenon evaluation. This case study of a 12 years old boy shows different diagnostic features normally related in the present data.
psychopathology; anorexia nervosa; health psychology; eating behavior; behavior therapy
