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Werken van Hilde Bruch

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Geboortedatum
1904
Overlijdensdatum
1984
Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
Germany
USA (emigrated 1934)
Land (voor op de kaart)
USA
Geboorteplaats
Dülken, Viersen, Germany
Plaats van overlijden
Houston, Texas, USA
Opleiding
Albert Ludwig University
Beroepen
psychiatrist
psychiatry professor, Baylor College of Medicine

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Unfortunately, this was the first book I found and read about eating disorders. It was a devastating and ultimately false lead.

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.… (meer)
 
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LauraCLM | 1 andere bespreking | May 6, 2015 |
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.
 
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10
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282
Populariteit
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Waardering
3.0
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ISBNs
26
Talen
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