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Eating Disorders (Facts) (5th Revised edition) ISBN: 0198509375 ISBN13: 9780198509370 Eating Disorders (Facts) (5th Revised edition) By: Suzanne Abraham ; Derek Llewellyn-Jones Publisher: Oxford University Press Format: Paperback Our Price: 9.23 Discount: 34% RRP: 13.99

The eating disorders - anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and obesity -affect many thousands of people each year, particularly young women, though men as well. This comprehensive guide considers why eating disorders occur, and then looks at each in turn, describing the eating behaviours, diagnosis, and treatments available. This new edition has been fully revised and updated. Included is a new chapter explaining and providing advice on the problems someone with an eating disorder may face while pregnant, and after giving birth. An additional chapter looks at the problems that the family or friends of someone with an eating disorder may face, accepting that there is a problem, the feeling that somehow they are responsible, helplessness, and how they can cope and provide support and help for the sufferer Sympathetically and clearly written, the book provides an authoritative resource on eating disorders and how to treat them, one that will prove valuable for sufferers and their families. From review of previous edition '...provides succinct and comprehensive general information on eating disorders to patients, their families, and health professionals...the book is an easy read for its entire targeted audience from the patient to the physician. ' Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal


Contents:

1

Adolescent eating behaviour
- 2

Eating disorders - an overview
- 3

Why do eating disorders occur?
- 4

Eating disorders and sexuality
- 5

Pregnancy and postpartum
- 6

Investigation of eating disorders
- 7

The general management of eating disorders
- 8

The family
- 9

Anorexia nervosa
- 10

Bulimia nervosa
- 11

Obesity
- Appendix
- Further reading
- Glossary
- Index


Brief Description:

The eating disorders - anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and obesity - affect many thousands of people each year, particularly young women, though men as well. This comprehensive guide considers why eating disorders occur, and then looks at each in turn, describing the eating behaviours, diagnosis, and treatments available.

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