The Golden Cage of Hilde Bruch
‘I would say now that I had created a golden cage studded with jewels, that they were flashing because I wanted to make an impression.’ This is how Ida, a patient of psychoanalyst Hilde Bruch described anorexia nervosa. But it could just as easily describe Bruch’s work. WARNING: this article references specific weights
Anorexia Nervosa: the Girl Problem
Anorexia was long thought to be almost exclusively an illness of young girls. This perception has contributed to the illness being woefully under-researched and treatment being shamefully underfunded. It has also led us dancing merrily down many a research cul-de-sac and has had a malign influence on diagnosis and treatment.
Myth: Men and Boys Don’t Get Anorexia
Think anorexia nervosa is just an illness of teenage girls? Think again.