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Loading... The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa, with a New Foreword by Catherine Steiner-Adair, Ed.D.by Hilde Bruch
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I read this book and used it for a term paper in High School in 1978. I learned some medical terms and that sometimes people stop eating and get skinny. The last line of the book says in paraphrase "we don't know what the cause is." I have heard since from a friend that it a condition with a nutritional deficiency of potassium so you might wish to consult a competent nutritionist and get their opinion. no reviews | add a review
First published more than twenty years ago, with almost 150,000 copies sold, The Golden Cage is still the classic book on anorexia nervosa, for patients, parents, mental health trainees, and senior therapists alike. Writing in direct, jargon-free style, often quoting her patients' descriptions of their own experience of illness and recovery, Bruch describes the relentless pursuit of thinness and the search for superiority in self-denial that characterizes anorexia nervosa. She emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and offers guidance on danger signs. Little-known when this groundbreaking book was first published, eating disorders have become all too familiar. Sympathetic and astute, The Golden Cage now speaks to a new generation. No library descriptions found. |
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I consider this book historically important but NOT recommended except to understand older thinking about anorexia and eating disorders. Bruch made really good observations and descriptions of her patients but without the benefit of later science and context. Her conclusions about the nature of anorexia and especially of the parents of patients have done untold harm and continue to be used in unhelpful ways. ( )