By Hilde BruchI have just finished reading this and I borrowed it from an private eating disorder service I am supposedly attending, at some point... when? I don't know, they haven't got back to me :( It is a 45 minute drive away. But I also want to go back so that I can return the two books I have nearly finished and get some new ones. I have got my eye on one about EDs in males.
Anway, The Golden Cage is pretty out of date. Published in 1978. But Bruch is known for her break-through in discovering how best to treat those with EDs, and most of her book is still relevant. What isn't revelant is her overenphasis on how the patient is normally a rich, white girl who is suffering because she has everything, but doesn't think she deserves anything. That can be true, but not in the majority of cases. Although to be honest, I do see myself in that stereotypical category.
‘One more enigma: on the one hand they declare they do not see how thin they are, and deny the existence of even severe emaciation, but at the same time they take extraordinary pride in it and consider it their supreme achievement.’
‘About 25 per-cent of anorexic youngsters go through the binge-eating syndrome, and many get stuck in it. Whenever they experience anxiety or tension, they run for the comfort of food and thus avoiding exploring the deeper problems.’
‘An anorexic patient cannot be considered outside the danger of relapse unless she has honestly reported on the terror of starvation and her inability to repeat it.’
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