"This book aims to provide the reader with a wide and in-depth understanding of the conditions of anorexia and bulimia. Dorothea Hindmarch has brought together a range of perspectives across the various treatment approaches; psychiatry and medicine, nursing, occupational therapy…
"This book aims to provide the reader with a wide and in-depth understanding of the conditions of anorexia and bulimia. Dorothea Hindmarch has brought together a range of perspectives across the various treatment approaches; psychiatry and medicine, nursing, occupational therapy…
"This book shows how anorexia nervosa must be considered in its social and cultural contexts in order to be understood and treated." "The author examines the historical context as well as the contemporary, ongoing debates about anorexia nervosa to demonstrate how current practic…
Examining the ways in which practitioners work with the complexities of anorexia and resolve clinical dilemmas and ambiguities, Hepworth critically discusses the contribution of postmodernism to the explanation and treatment of the condition.
In this passionate merging of personal history and scholarship, Leslie Heywood reveals the "anorexic logic" central to Western high culture. This logic privileges mind over body, masculine over feminine, individual over collective, control over emotion, and a realm of transcende…
In this passionate merging of personal history and scholarship, Leslie Heywood reveals the "anorexic logic" central to Western high culture. This logic privileges mind over body, masculine over feminine, individual over collective, control over emotion, and a realm of transcende…
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An Integrative Approach -- 3 Diagnosis, Engagement, and Alliance -- 4 The Systemic Metaframework -- 5 The Biological Metaframework -- 6 The …
Because anorexia nervosa has historically been viewed as a disorder that impacts women and girls, there has been little focus on the conceptualization and treatment of males suffering from this complex disorder. Understanding Anorexia Nervosa in Males provides a structure for un…