Hilde Bruch

Hilde Bruch (March 11, 1904 - December 15, 1984) was a German-born American psychoanalyst, known foremost for her work on eating disorders and obesity. She moved to the United States in 1934. In 1964, she became a professor of psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. In 1973 she published "Eating Disorders": "Obesity, Anorexia Nervosa, and the Person Within". This book was based on several decades worth of observing and treating individuals with eating disorders like anorexia nervosa. In 1978 she published "The Golden Cage: the Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa," [http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/BRUGOX.html Harvard University Press] , a distillation of "Eating Disorders" meant for the lay reader. Her other books include "Don't Be Afraid of Your Child" (1952), "The Importance of Overweight" (1957), and "Learning Psychotherapy: Rationale and Ground Rules," [http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/BRULEX.html Harvard University Press] , (1974). "Conversations with Anorexics" was published posthumously in 1988. [http://mcgovern.library.tmc.edu/data/www/html/collect/manuscript/Bruch/Bruch_bio.htm]