a number of fashion models have died of anorexia. one of the first was anna caroline arrest on from brazil. as a 13-year-old, she was discovered in a beauty contest. by 22, she had starved herself to death. nowadays, extreme thinness for models is the norm. that's also true for louise and her trends. the trend is a win, boyish figure. -- thin, boyish figure. >> those pictures show what i was like back then. i lost myself. these women have a blank and empty look to them. that's what i felt like, too. >> psychologists say images such as these are harmful to girls and young women. >> these pictures in which women no longer look feminine and alluring promote anorexia. these women don't want to seduce anyone. quite the opposite. these images appeal to girls who are at risk and encourage imitation. they give girls ideas about what they can do with their bodies. >> anorexia rates among girls have doubled over the past 20 years. that's why the french parliament has stepped in, adopting an amendment that bounds the employment of ultrathin mod

. >> well when i was in high school and college i had anorexia. i recovered from it butart of recovery is staying really in tune with how yu're feeling. and when you're triggered by something, you need to find a way to get back to a safer space. so for me when i was looking in the mirror trying on wedding dresses andhinking maybe i should lose five pounds, this would look much better, i reized that losing five pounds was a d idea and i thought go ig or go home. let's try a nuts project and i'll just give up mirrors and see ifhat would help me focus on things outside of my body. >> well that's pretty drastic. how did you function? how did you do your hair? >> well it took an adstment of my lifestyle. i was very engaged in fashion. in fact i worked in fashion before i went back to school and so i reallyad to commit myself to shifting my attention away from that. so i did continue to wear clothes i love, i continuedo wear makeup, just less, a very sheer pructs that i could ear on. >> without looking at yourself. >> exactly. and i alsohad to be open t

. >> well when i was in high school a college i had anorexia. from it butart of recovery is stayin really in tune with how you're feeling. and when you're triggeredby something, you need to find a y to get back to a safer space. so for me when i was looking in the mirror trying on wedding dresses and thinking maybe i should lose five pounds,his would look much better, i reized that losing five pounds was a d idea and i thought go ig or go home. let's try a nuts project and i'll just give up mirrors and e if that would help me focus onthings outside of my body. >> well that's pretty drastic. how did you function? how did you do your hair? >> well it took an adjustment of my lifestyle. i was very engag in fashion. in fact i worked in fashion before i went back to school and so i relyad to commit myself to shifting my attention away from that. so i did continue to wear clothes i love, i continuedo wear makeup, just les, and very sheer pructs that i cou smear on. >> without looking at yourself. >> exacy. and i alsohad to be open to allowing the peop

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on the right, you can see depression and the eating disorder of anorexia -- it is a preponderance ofomen shown in the orange bars. we do have these lopsided gender ratios. we wonder why those are. my research has been on gender differences and depression. the gender difference in depression is not present in childhood, but it begins to emerge between 15 and 16 years of age as you can see the orange bar is going up. it widens between 15 and 18 years of age. gender differences in depression emerges in adolescence. ♪ charlie: let me go back to this idea of how society is responding because we know from the cover of "vanity fair"," we know time magazine did a cover story which i am told is the second-biggest selling time magazine cover story that year with the one exception of the pope. transgender is right behind the pope. >> it is unfortunate society often sees transgender to be a mental illness or an immoral cho ice. transgender people are still denied basic human rights, often subject to violence. ben: transgender people can still be fired just for being transgender. as we heard toda

if you look on the right, we can see depression and the eating disorder of anorexia -- here we have aponderance of women shown in the orange bars. we do have these lopsided gender ratios, we wonder why those are. i am mostly familiar with the research done on gender difference in depression. we can see that this is not present in childhood, but it begins to emerge between 13 and 15 years of age. as you can see, the orange bar is going up there. it widens between 15 and 18. gender differences in depression emerge in adolescence. ♪ ♪ charlie: let me go back to this idea of how society is responding because we know from the cover of vanity fair, the new york times, time magazine did a cover story, which i'm told was the biggest -- second-biggest selling time magazine that year, right behind the pope. >> it's unfortunate that's exciting -- that society considers transsexuality to be a mental illness or in moral. -- or a moral choice. because of this, transgender people are often denied rights and subject to violence. in many states transgender people can still get fired for being transgen

if we look at the right we can see for depression, and the eating disorder of anorexia here we have the a preponderance of women shown in the orange bars. so we do have these lopsided gender ratios. we wonder why those are. i'm most familiar my research has been on gender differences in depression. we can see that the gender difference in depression is not present in childhood but it begins to emerge between 13 and 15 years of age, as you can see the orange bar is going up there. and then it widened between 15 and 18 years of age. so gender differences in depression emerge in adolescence. and if we're going to crack it's a 2 to 1 ratio twice as men women as men depressed, if we're going to crack this question we need to understand why the gend ever difference emerges in adolescence. many factors are doubtedless involved. it may have something to do with genes. we have a few genes that have been identified that have to do with depression it may have to do with pubertyal hormones because the condition emerges just as puberty is coming on it may have to do with other factors such as the me

a low level of evidence to treat sleep, anorexia turrets's, nausea and vomiting from chemotherapy.ence base to support any of this. we haven't had enough research. that's really where the problem lies. >> what are the side effects and do you think the positive outweighs the negative? >> certainly there are side effects, over 80% reported side effects, confusion, dizziness, dry mouth, sleepiness. but more serious like cognitive effects, increases in anxiety, depression or psychosis. concerns on how it affects the developing brains in adolescents. we don't have enough long-term study of the effects of this. >> do you think positive outweighs the negative? people who say they're being helped -- >> always a risk-benefit discussion when it comes to any medication. that's certainly the case with this one. there are definitely people that this helps. it's a big dilemma right now you have the federal government still classifying this as illegal a schedule one drug. it's difficult to do research. you the states legislating this through. it's not going through the normal routes of being stud