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Eating Disorders: The Ultimate Teen Guide (It Happened to Me): 39 - Hardcover

Book 26 of 47: It Happened to Me

Greene, Jessica R.

 
9780810887732: Eating Disorders: The Ultimate Teen Guide (It Happened to Me): 39
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0810887738 ISBN 13: 9780810887732
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK), 2014

Synopsis

It has been estimated that as many as 15 million people suffer or will suffer from anorexia and bulimia at some point in their lives. Additional statistics suggest that 25 million more suffer from binge eating and other related behaviors. The overwhelming majority of individuals who suffer from eating disorders are girls and young women between the ages of 12 and 25, but young males are not immune to these addictions—and the statistics grow more alarming every year. Eating disorders affect not only those who suffer from them, but family members and friends who feel powerless to help.

In Eating Disorders: The Ultimate Teen Guide, Jessica R. Greene offers hope for the young women and men who have engaged in these self-destructive urges. In this book, Greene examines the causes and varieties of teen eating disorders and offers advice on how to overcome them. The author looks at how eating disorders are defined, how common they are, and how they are tied into behavioral addictions. In addition to explaining how and why certain people suffer from these compulsions, this book looks at:

  • Social and Cultural Pressures
  • High Risk Groups
  • Myths and Stereotypes
  • Health Repercussions
  • Methods of Prevention
  • Intervention Strategies
  • Treatment Options
  • Recovery

Intended to serve as a comprehensive guide, this book also includes a list of resources for teens and their parents. Drawing on input from experts in the field, as well as real-life stories, Eating Disorders: The Ultimate Teen Guide will help young adults who are struggling with this devastating affliction.

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About the Author

Jessica R. Greene is freelance writer with a B.A. in Biopsychology and an M.A. from the University of Virginia. She has written several articles in the areas of substance abuse, domestic violence, nutrition, and other subjects of interest to the general public.

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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK)
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0810887738
ISBN 13 
9780810887732
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
300