Eating disorders : obesity, anorexia nervosa, and the person within / Hilde Bruch.
Material type: TextSeries: Harper torchbooks ; TB5052Publication details: [New York] : BasicBooks, c1973.Description: x, 396 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780465017829 (pbk.) :
- 9780465017829 (pbk.)
- 616.39808 BRU
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Short Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 616.39808 BRU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 205327 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Orientation and point of view -- 2.Historical and sociocultural perspectives -- 3.Biological basis of eating disorders -- 4.Hunger awareness and individuation -- 5.Family frame and transactions -- 6.Body image and self-awareness -- 7.Diversity of clinical pictures -- 8.Obesity in childhood -- 9.Obesity in childhood -- 9.Obesity in adolescence -- 10.Obesity and schizophrenia -- 11.Thin fat people -- 12.History of the concept of anorexia nervosa -- 13.Psychogenic malnutrition and atypical anorexia nervosa -- 14.Primary anorexia nervosa -- 15.Anorexia nervosa in the male -- 16.The practical and psychological aspects of weight change -- 17.Evolution of a psychotherapeutic approach -- 18.Outcome and outlook.
This text probes the emotional causes and effects of abnormal eating patterns and presents case histories of patients with weight problems.