Much has been written and said about Peggy Claude-Pierre. I do not deify her, and I deeply respect the need for medical treatment as a part of anorexia treatment, however, I refuse to ignore the enormous difference she made in the lives of many women who could find no hope or help in standard delivery…

Caroline Knapp’s Appetites was the first anorexia memoir I read that felt honest to the depth and pain of the experience. Appetites was released posthumously (Ms. Knapp passed away of lung cancer at the age of 42, in the year prior to the book’s release) and is a stunningly beautiful account of women’s desires and…

Anorexia is very, very difficult to treat. It is the single deadliest mental illness, by a factor of 2-5x. There is no single answer, no magic to be found. Yet, even the research that has not yielded the hoped-for positive outcomes can yield crucial insights into what helps, and what doesn’t, particularly through the process…

Anorexia is very, very difficult to treat. It is the single deadliest mental illness, by a factor of 2-5x. There is no single answer, no magic to be found. Yet, even the research that has not yielded the hoped-for positive outcomes can yield crucial insights into what helps, and what doesn’t, particularly through the process…

In short, we need more data like this, which helps to define recovery in a way that is more relevant to the patient’s experience and quality of life. Download the paper here.