Hilde Bruch (1904–1984)
Autore di The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa, with a New Foreword by Catherine Steiner-Adair, Ed.D.
Sull'Autore
Opere di Hilde Bruch
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1904
- Data di morte
- 1984
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Germany
USA (emigrated 1934) - Nazione (per mappa)
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Dülken, Viersen, Germany
- Luogo di morte
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Istruzione
- Albert Ludwig University
- Attività lavorative
- psychiatrist
psychiatry professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Utenti
Recensioni
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.
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.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 10
- Utenti
- 283
- Popolarità
- #82,295
- Voto
- 3.0
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 26
- Lingue
- 7
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.… (altro)