One of the world's leading authorities offers a vivid and moving account of the causes, effects, and treatment of this devastating disease.
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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. This is the single most important professionally written book for laypersons and parents.
--Shervert H. Frazier, M.D., McLean Hospital
The Golden Cage is eminently readable and generously spiced with vivid illustrations from Bruch's own clinical case material. Her discussion of and generalization from this material are wonderfully astute. (Contemporary Psychology )
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.
--Holly Brubach (New York Times Style Magazine 20070501) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
--Shervert H. Frazier, M.D., McLean Hospital
The Golden Cage is eminently readable and generously spiced with vivid illustrations from Bruch's own clinical case material. Her discussion of and generalization from this material are wonderfully astute. (Contemporary Psychology )
The chief symptom is shocking: self-starvation leading to a devastating weight loss. The treatment is difficult, the cure elusive, and facts about the disease are not well known. Yet anorexia nervosa, an illness that was once quite rare, now afflicts increasing numbers of adolescents.
In The Golden Cage, a renowned psychiatrist-recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on anorexia nervosa-relates her experience and discoveries in dealing with this baffling disorder. It is not, as the name implies, simply a loss of appetite. Rather, it involves a relentless pursuit of excessive thinness, undertaken despite continual hunger, acute pain, and occasionally fatal consequences. Dr. Bruch uses numerous examples from her own case studies to give a vivid picture of the causes, effects, and possible treatment of the disease. Her main concern: how can the symptoms be detected before they become entrenched as anorexia?
The victims of anorexia are mostly adolescent and preadolescent girls who have otherwise been model children from "good homes." Often they feel trapped by unattainable goals and expectations-a golden cage of privilege where they feel they do not belong and cannot survive. Dr. Bruch's experience has convinced her that early diagnosis is essential to any treatment of anorexia, and her book is addressed "to physicians, teachers, school counselors, and parents-to all who are in a position of observing these youngsters before a chronic and often irreversible state develops."
Hilde Bruch is Professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and is the author of numerous articles and books, including Eating Disorders. Her latest book, Learning Psychotherapy: Rationale and Ground Rules, was published by Harvard University Press.
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.
--Holly Brubach (New York Times Style Magazine 20070501) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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One of the world's leading authorities offers a vivid and moving account of the causes, effects, and treatment of this devastating disease.
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20 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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A remarkable description of the basic personality and family mechanisms involved in teenage mental disorders and their anorectic expression.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By J. McGill
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This book was extremely informative about the underlying causes of eating disorders. It gave me a better understanding for how they can develop in the home, how parental pressures at a young age can have a huge influence, and also supports the fact that you don't have to have a tragic up bringing to be subject to an eating disorder.
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empathic portrayal of anorexia nervosa by a pioneer in the field; it has human descriptives of everything characterized scientifically in textbooks and journals.
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The Landmark Book on Eating Disorders.
When all is said and done, 'The Golden Cage' (1978) is probably the most significant popular book on eating disorders ever written. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Robert Johnson
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Great book
This is a great book that helped me see what my mom was going through. It is very well written and there are many different stories of people going through Anorexia.
Published 20 months ago by Margo
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best author on eating disorders
I developed anorexia nervosa back in 1975. I discovered I had this disorder through a Good Housekeeping magazine article written/published in June of 75. Read more
Published on July 30, 2010 by Frank S. Nordby
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Looking for the personality that precedes anorexia
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. Read more
Published on May 20, 2009 by Birdie
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