The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia NervosaVintage Books, 1979 - 159 pages " The chief symptom is shocking: self-starvation leading to a devastating weight loss and in some cases to death. The treatment is difficult, the cure elusive, and the number of its victims increasing. Anorexia nervosa, once a rare complaint, now claims more an more victims- mainly pretty, intelligent girls from 'good homes.' Dr. Hilde Bruch of the Baylor College of Medicine is one of the most successful practitioners treating anorexics. In this book she presents 70 detailed case histories from her own practice which give a vivid picture of the disease's possible causes, its effects, and the methods of treatment that have worked. Her main concern throughout is how to recognize the symptoms before they become entrenched, and she addresses herself to parents, teachers, school counselors, doctors- and potential and actual anorexics themselves."- Publisher. |
Contents
The Hunger Disease | 1 |
Sparrow in a Cage | 23 |
The Perfect Childhood | 40 |
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