Eating Disorders (Facts) - Hardcover

Abraham, Suzanne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0192621998 ISBN 13: 9780192621993

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1992

Synopsis

Eating disorders attract a considerable amount of media attention, and are currently being diagnosed more frequently. In general they affect more women than men, but the reasons why some women develop these disorders are not always very well understood. In this book the relationship between eating disorders and sexuality is discussed, and there is updated information on diagnosis and treatment. The specific conditions anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and obesity are then dealt with in turn. The book has been rewritten for this edition and includes sections on infertility and pregnancy in women with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. The management of the eating disorders has been brought up to date and some new case histories have been added to illustrate the changes. Eating disorders are now managed by less authoritarian treatment programmes, administered by teams of health professionals (rather than by individual doctors). The authors emphasize the importance of learning sensible eating and exercise patterns and the role of self-help goups for those recovering from eating disorders.

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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 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 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 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

Book Description:

Highly commended in the Popular Medicine Category of the BMA Book Awards 2009

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0192621998
• ISBN 13: 9780192621993
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 210