The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (598 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674356500 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 168 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars DB Book quality was excellent. Shipped fast. Bought for a college course.. A must read for any parent with a mentally ill daughter A remarkable description of the basic personality and family mechanisms involved in teenage mental disorders and their anorectic expression.. "Looking for the personality that precedes anorexia" according to Birdie. I was looking to find the personality behind anorexia before I recognized that my 7-year-old niece was well on her way in terms of personality. (If the anoretic in a large family is known as the snitch, no-one would recognize that in the usual small family.) I've read any number of books about anorexia, but none more sympathetic from an outsiders view. Unfortu
(Holly Brubach New York Times Style Magazine 2007-05-01)The Golden Cage is eminently readable and generously spiced with vivid illustrations from Bruch’s own clinical case material. This is the single most important professionally written book for laypersons and parents. (Contemporary Psychology)The story of the disorder itself is beautifully written, presented with a deftness, lightness, and accuracy that make the reader yearn to turn the page, to watch the unfolding of this very enigmatic disorder. Frazier, M.D., McLean Hospital) . An extraordinary achievement… Bruch wrote with clarity, insight and compassion of her cases during the anorexia outbreak of the early ’70s, an epidemic that seemed to arise out of nowhere, with no official diagnosis. (Shervert H. Her discussion of and generalization from this material are wonderfully astute
. Hilde Bruch was Professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and the author of several books including Eating Disorders
She emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and offers guidance on danger signs. 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. 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.. 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