The American Psychiatric Association estimates that anorexia afflicts as many
as one in every 100 girls. It has the highest mortality rate -- 10 percent -- of any
mental illness.
There have been many stories about anorexia, so many heartbreaking examples
of the medical model failing in finding a ‘cure’. There have been cases and
statistics of ‘successes’ in the eating disorder clinics. So why are there still
people out there suffering and dying from this disorder or from the results of
this disorder?
What are doctors or the medical model offering to people suffering from
anorexia?
So what do doctors not want you to know about anorexia?
as one in every 100 girls. It has the highest mortality rate -- 10 percent -- of any
mental illness.
There have been many stories about anorexia, so many heartbreaking examples
of the medical model failing in finding a ‘cure’. There have been cases and
statistics of ‘successes’ in the eating disorder clinics. So why are there still
people out there suffering and dying from this disorder or from the results of
this disorder?
What are doctors or the medical model offering to people suffering from
anorexia?
So what do doctors not want you to know about anorexia?
