Anerexia Nervosa

In "Anorexia Nervosa and its Differential Diagnosis" written by Hilde Bruch, explains the problems of Anorexia Nervosa and how people are perceiving this self-starving disorder as a cop out to become thin and happy. The phrase "the pursuit of happiness" is now known as "the pursuit of thinness" in the minds of some people with this disease which was recognized around 100 years ago. Happiness is what people want when they decide to undernutrition their bodies. Although age is a factor in developing Anorexia Nervosa, this rare disease is currently on the rise and a study involving 43 total men and women descibes the struggles they experience and the treatment they had since being diagnosed. The part in the article discussing Differential Diagnosis is about examples of Anorexia Nervosa by starving themselves for other reasons than just to become thin. These examples include "hunger strikes, starving yourself to get released from jail and finally resulting in women getting the vote." These examples prove that Anorexia Nervosa the self-starving disorder results from trying to get something that one may need and what one may want.