This paper explains that anorexia nervosa can be seen through the perspectives of a number of theoretical explanations, which
often work synchronously to give a mixed picture of the condition's impetus and causes. The author points out that the
sociocultural explanation focuses on how the intersection of adolescent life-stages mixes with a message put forth by society involving idealized or mythical body images. The paper relates that, in terms of treatment, the sociocultural method of theoretical explanation does not go as far as some of the other theoretical explanations of anorexia; although
psychodynamic treatment programs may include sociocultural cues, it is primarily through examining motivations that anorexia nervosa is treated successfully.