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When an anorexic enters the hospital, before any psychiatric treatment begins, doctors work to bring her out of physical danger. Then, some sort of longer-term treatment begins, to combat the patient's will to starve and to induce voluntary eating. Dr. Robert Masland of Children's Hospital says, "Most people like food too much, so they cannot stay on a starvation diet; anorexics can. All the patients who come in want to weigh 100 pounds. We're dealing with patients with a stubborn streak and strong will-power. In behavior modification we say, "If you're not good...
...Masland explains, "You really can't trust these patients. You must know what they're eating, whether they're going to the bathroom to throw up or throw food away. After they've been doing it for so long they can deny it with a straight face. The manipulation and denial can be amazing...
...Children's Hospital, Masland and Piazza have found that their patients come from close-knit, economically comfortable homes and that they suffer from a "fear of growing up." Piazza says the families are usually "so close-knit that the child hasn't really been able to express herself, to feel autonomous. There is a desire to stay small, to be cared for by this close-knit family." Parents feel guilty because their child will not eat, and meals become battles. Therefore the therapy at Children's focuses on the entire family...
...stern four of the varsity contains all sophomores, including Schwab, Roman Nowygrod at seven, Alan Tice at six, and Bruce Stevenson at five. Senior Dick Masland is at four, sophomore Chico de Sola is at three, Captain Jim MacMahon at two, senior Martyn Greenacre at bow, and junior Paul Henry is coxing...
Though no boat is final until race day, Cabot intends to stay for a while with senior Dick Masland at stroke, sophomores Roman Nowygrod and Allan Tice at seven and six, senior Charles McClennen at five, sophomores Peter Schwab at four and Bruce Stevenson at three, Captain Jim MacMahon at two and Martyn Greenacre...