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The term anorexia nervosa was established in 1873 by Queen Victoria’s personal physician, Sir William Gull. The term anorexia is of Greek origin: an- (ἀν-, prefix denoting negation) and orexis (ὄρεξις, "appetite"), thus translating to "nervous absence of appetite".
Mid–20th century developments preceded the 1960–1980s’ improved understanding of suffering and movement toward effective remediation introduced by Dr. Hilde Bruch. Keywords: History of psychiatry, Eating disorders, Anorexia nervosa, Psychiatry, Neurology, Psychotherapy.
1 lut 2024 · While describing an anorexic body as looking like someone from a concentration camp is a familiar metaphor today, her archive made clear that it originated in the writings of Jewish doctors like Bruch, who were themselves Holocaust survivors.
27 kwi 2016 · The diagnostic label “anorexia nervosa” was not coined until shortly after Sarah Jacob died, but of course a disease can exist prior to being named.
6 lis 2020 · What do the lives and deaths of five women tell us about how anorexia is managed and treated? "A lucky dip". That is coroner Sean Horstead's frank assessment of the system by which many...
11 gru 2011 · The first descriptions of anorexia nervosa in the Western world date from the 12th and 13th centuries, most famously Saint Catherine of Siena (1), who denied herself food as part of a spiritual...
6 lis 2020 · What do the lives and deaths of five women tell us about how anorexia is managed and treated? "A lucky dip". That is coroner Sean Horstead's frank assessment of the system by which many...
