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| Teenage anorexia is narcissism - Baroness Joan Bakewell | Teenage anorexia is narcissism - Baroness Joan Bakewell |
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| The rise of eating disorders such as anorexia among teenagers is a sign of growing "narcissism", broadcaster Baroness Joan Bakewell has said. | The rise of eating disorders such as anorexia among teenagers is a sign of growing "narcissism", broadcaster Baroness Joan Bakewell has said. |
| In an interview with The Sunday Times, Lady Bakewell - who is chairing the Wellcome book prize panel - said she was "alarmed" by the illness. | In an interview with The Sunday Times, Lady Bakewell - who is chairing the Wellcome book prize panel - said she was "alarmed" by the illness. |
| "No one has anorexia in societies where there is not enough food," she said. | "No one has anorexia in societies where there is not enough food," she said. |
| Hospital admissions for eating disorders in England have been increasing, figures suggest. | Hospital admissions for eating disorders in England have been increasing, figures suggest. |
| In the 12 months to October 2013 there were 2,560 admissions, which was an 8% rise on the previous year, statistics from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) show. | In the 12 months to October 2013 there were 2,560 admissions, which was an 8% rise on the previous year, statistics from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) show. |
| 'Beautiful and healthy' | 'Beautiful and healthy' |
| There were nine times as many females than males taken to hospital, and the most common age for female admissions was 15 years old, the figures also suggested. | There were nine times as many females than males taken to hospital, and the most common age for female admissions was 15 years old, the figures also suggested. |
| The Royal College of Psychiatrists has previously said that increases in hospital admissions could be down to social pressure made worse by online images. | The Royal College of Psychiatrists has previously said that increases in hospital admissions could be down to social pressure made worse by online images. |
| But Baroness Bakewell, 82, told the newspaper that anorexia was "one example of the way [young] people have become very self-regarding". | But Baroness Bakewell, 82, told the newspaper that anorexia was "one example of the way [young] people have become very self-regarding". |
| The Labour peer said: "I am alarmed by anorexia among young people, which arises presumably because they are preoccupied with being beautiful and healthy and thin. | The Labour peer said: "I am alarmed by anorexia among young people, which arises presumably because they are preoccupied with being beautiful and healthy and thin. |
| "No one has anorexia in societies where there is not enough food. They do not have anorexia in the camps in Syria. I think it's possible anorexia could be about narcissism." | "No one has anorexia in societies where there is not enough food. They do not have anorexia in the camps in Syria. I think it's possible anorexia could be about narcissism." |
| 'More liberated' | 'More liberated' |
| She also said that today's teenagers were "more introspective and body-conscious". | She also said that today's teenagers were "more introspective and body-conscious". |
| "Everyone does these surveys that show schoolchildren are worried about their bodies, or are not happy. | "Everyone does these surveys that show schoolchildren are worried about their bodies, or are not happy. |
| "We had no chance to discuss that when we were young. We just had to survive. | "We had no chance to discuss that when we were young. We just had to survive. |
| "If you ask people 'are you really happy?' it gives them a chance to think about things they are not necessarily concentrating on." | "If you ask people 'are you really happy?' it gives them a chance to think about things they are not necessarily concentrating on." |
| But she also said that youngsters today had become "more liberated about their bodies". | But she also said that youngsters today had become "more liberated about their bodies". |
| In the same newspaper James Arkell, a consultant psychiatrist and specialist in eating disorders at the private Nightingale Hospital in London disagreed with Baroness Bakewell's view. | In the same newspaper James Arkell, a consultant psychiatrist and specialist in eating disorders at the private Nightingale Hospital in London disagreed with Baroness Bakewell's view. |
| "Anorexia is really driven by a need for control - not by narcissism," he said. | "Anorexia is really driven by a need for control - not by narcissism," he said. |
| However, he added that he agreed with Baroness Bakewell's view that young people did have more choice. | However, he added that he agreed with Baroness Bakewell's view that young people did have more choice. |
| Book prize | Book prize |
| The NHS describes anorexia as a "serious mental health condition". | |
| Earlier this year, Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to ensure teenagers with eating disorders would receive treatment more quickly. | Earlier this year, Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to ensure teenagers with eating disorders would receive treatment more quickly. |
| From 2017-18 a new waiting time measure will track the proportion of patients being seen within a month of referral, or within a week for urgent cases. | From 2017-18 a new waiting time measure will track the proportion of patients being seen within a month of referral, or within a week for urgent cases. |
| The shortlist for the Wellcome book prize - which rewards the best book, fiction or non-fiction, that involves health, medicine or illness - will be revealed on Monday. | The shortlist for the Wellcome book prize - which rewards the best book, fiction or non-fiction, that involves health, medicine or illness - will be revealed on Monday. |
| The winner is announced on 25 April. | The winner is announced on 25 April. |
| Last year the coveted £30,000 prize was won by Marion Coutts for her book The Iceberg - which is a memoir charting the last 18 months of her late husband's life. | Last year the coveted £30,000 prize was won by Marion Coutts for her book The Iceberg - which is a memoir charting the last 18 months of her late husband's life. |
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