A test of wills The clinical course of anorexia nervosa varies greatly, with most cases showing fluctuations between periods of improvement and worsening. In a minority of cases, there may be an acute deterioration leading to death, but there are also cases of nearly total recovery.
母女的飲食戰爭神經性厭食症的病程差距很大，個案的狀況也起伏不定，有少數急遽惡化致死的，但也有幾近痊癒的。