Eating Disorders

Name: Eating Disorders
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ISBN: 9780387940021

ISBN-10: 0387940022

ISBN-13: 9780387940021

Edition: 1993

Authors: A. James Giannini, Andrew E. Slaby

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As fish must swim so must man drink and eat Titus Petronius Arbiter Examine thy customs of diet Francis Bacon For John eat & drank to drive away Loves pain But all he could do he grew thinner & thinner Tho he eat & drank as much as Ten men for dinner Some said he had a Wolf in his stomach day and night William Blake To paraphrase and cast in contemporary speech observations of the Gothic-era monk Bernard of Clairvaux, the eating disorders may be viewed as a corruption of the social process, a distortion of the body image, and a perversion of bodily processes. It is this multifactorial etiology that makes the diagnosis and treatment of dietary -disorders so difficult and frustrating. Because…

Book details

List price: $169.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Springer
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 286
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Preface


Contributors



History of Anorexia Nervosa




A History of Bulimia




The History of Obesity




The Presentation of Obesity




The Biological Basis of Bulimia




Biological Factors in Obesity




Clinical Laboratory Aspects of Eating Disorders




Neuropsychiatric Approach to the Eating Disorder Patient




Anorexia in the Elderly




Depression and Eating Disorders




Sexual Abuse and Its Relationship to Eating Disorders




Males with Eating Disorders




The Medical Care of the Patient with an Eating Disorder




Pediatric Management of Eating Disorders




The B.A.S.H. Approach




The Hospital Treatment of Eating Disorders




The Treatment of Obesity




Eating Disorders and Drug and Alcohol Dependency




Occupational Therapy Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa




Occupational Therapy Treatment of Bulimia Nervosa




Dietary Management of Eating Disorders




Administration and Management of Eating Disorders Units




Literary Resources



Index