THE PERFECTION OF ANOREXIA NERVOSA

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What's the point wanting to be perfect, if that perfection will end up destroying?. In 1684 Anorexia Nervosa was described for the first time, but it was not until 1870 that it became identified and described with it's own diagnosis. The birth of the "new" disease was not only related to the new way to look at medicine, but also an effect of the changes in the society, and on the new ideal for young women. The history of Anorexia Nervosa is partly an effect of the culture we live in, and partly an effect of the social structure in our society.