Disorderly Eaters
Author: Lilian R. Furst
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2010-11-01
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 0271038446
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The Developmental Psychopathology of Eating Disorders
Author: Linda Smolak
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-01-11
Total Pages: 445
ISBN-13: 1134790376
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Although eating problems--ranging from body dissatisfaction and dieting to anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa--can begin and typically have their roots in childhood, theory and research in developmental psychopathology and developmental psychology have not received substantial attention in eating disorders research. This book provides crucial background material from both fields, and then makes direct applications to numerous aspects of the field of eating disorders including theory, research, treatment, and primary prevention. This book was born out of a transaction between frustration and optimism. The frustrations reflected the limitations of current knowledge about eating problems and disorders. Etiological "causes" which are sensitive and specific to eating disorders have been elusive. Although there is some understanding of risk factors, little is known about protective factors. This has made prevention, among other things, difficult. Furthermore, the mechanisms underlying the association between risk factors and disordered eating are poorly understood. For example, it is known that women are at greater risk than men are, but clinicians are hard- pressed to get beyond gender-based speculations and demonstrate why this is true. The optimism grows from familiarity with the field of developmental psychopathology. It seems evident that this approach has much to offer the field of eating disorders. This book is an early step in the integration of developmental psychopathology into theorizing, research, treatment, and prevention of eating disorders. It addresses four specific goals: * to introduce the principles and methodologies of developmental psychopathology, * to review the work of developmental psychologists in several major areas of behavior relevant to understanding the causes, treatment, and prevention of eating disorders, * to apply developmental psychopathology principles to the area of eating disorders, both in the form of theoretical models and in specific areas/issues raised by developmental psychopathology, and * to discuss the implications of developmental approaches for prevention programs and treatments.
Contextualising Eating Disorders
Author: Bernard Guerin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2024-06-18
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 1040040551
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book rethinks the diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders by putting the spotlight on their social and societal contexts, examining how these behaviours are shaped by the difficult life conditions of those suffering. Drawing on the lived experiences of nine women, this book uses in-depth case studies and interviews to discuss eating disorders with a Social Contextual Analysis framework. It prioritises the women’s own voices about their life conditions and recovery to explore the behaviour of unusual eating patterns. The book identifies common social properties across the nine women, which will become essential context when considering treatment and therapy for unusual eating. Through this more compassionate approach, readers are presented with a detailed example of new ways to analyse and treat the behaviours of mental health and therapy outside of a DSM diagnosis. Contextualising Eating Disorders is unique in its focus on giving priority to women’s voices and the social contexts behind unusual eating and will be highly relevant for all professionals working with those with unusual eating patterns, as well as students and academics in the fields of social psychology and mental health. This book will also benefit those who themselves are suffering from unusual eating patterns they might not understand.
Eating Disorders Anonymous
Author: Eating Disorders Anonymous (EDA)
Publisher: GŸrze Books
Published: 2016-11-21
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 0936077867
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Eating Disorders Anonymous: The Story of How We Recovered from Our Eating Disorders presents the accumulated experience, strength, and hope of many who have followed a Twelve-Step approach to recover from their eating disorders. Eating Disorders Anonymous (EDA), founded by sober members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), have produced a work that emulates the “Big Book” in style and substance. EDA respects the pioneering work of AA while expanding its Twelve-Step message of hope to include those who are religious or seek a spiritual solution, and for those who are not and may be more comfortable substituting “higher purpose” for the traditional “Higher Power.” Further, the EDA approach embraces the development and maintenance of balance and perspective, rather than abstinence, as the goal of recovery. Initial chapters provide clear directions on how to establish a foothold in recovery by offering one of the founder’s story of hope, and collective voices tell why EDA is suitable for readers with any type of problem eating, including: anorexia nervosa, bulimia, binge eating, emotional eating, and orthorexia. The text then explains how to use the Twelve Steps to develop a durable and resilient way of thinking and acting that is free of eating disordered thoughts and behaviors, including how to pay it forward so that others might have hope of recovery. In the second half of the text, individual contributors share their experiences, describing what it was like to have an eating disorder, what happened that enabled them to make a start in recovery, and what it is like to be in recovery. Like the “Big Book,” these stories are in three sections: Pioneers of EDA, They Stopped in Time, and They Lost Nearly All. Readers using the Twelve Steps to recover from other issues will find the process consistent and reinforcing of their experiences, yet the EDA approach offers novel ideas and specific guidance for those struggling with food, weight and body image issues. Letters of support from three, highly-regarded medical professionals and two, well-known recovery advocates offer reassurance that EDA’s approach is consistent with that supported by medical research and standards in the field of eating disorders treatment. Intended as standard reading for members who participate in EDA groups throughout the world, this book is accessible and appropriate for anyone who wants to recover from an eating disorder or from issues related to food, weight, and body image.
Rotting Fruit: Overcoming Eating Disorders and Living Fruitful Lives for Christ
Author: Heather Dalton
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2013-02-25
Total Pages: 91
ISBN-13: 1300778792
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Filled with eating disorder facts, poems, song lyrics, scriptures, and illustrations, this is a compilation of everything you need on your road to recovery. Heather shares her personal testimony and victory over Anorexia, and offers practical tips for beating the disease. The first of its kind from a Christian perspective, this book is a blessing for those who are battling eating disorders, as well as concerned advocates.
Eating Disorders For Dummies
Author: Susan Schulherr
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008-03-04
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 0470225491
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Do you think that you or someone you love may suffer from and eating disorder? Eating Disorders For Dummies gives you the straight facts you need to make sense of what’s happening inside you and offers a simple step-by-step procedure for developing a safe and health plan for recovery. This practical, reassuring, and gentle guide explains anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder in plain English, as well as other disorders such as bigorexia and compulsive exercising. Informative checklists help you determine whether you are suffering form an eating disorder and, if so, what impact the disorder is having or may soon have on your health. You’ll also get plenty of help in finding the right therapist, evaluating the latest treatments, and learning how to support recovery on a day-by-day basis. Discover how to: Identify eating disorder warning signs Set yourself on a sound and successful path to recovery Recognize companion disorders and addictions Handle anxiety and emotional eating Survive setbacks Approach someone about getting treatment Treat eating disorders in men, children, and the elderly Help a sibling, friend, or partner with and eating disorder Benefit from recovery in ways you never imagined Complete with helpful lists of recovery dos and don’ts, Eating Disorders For Dummies is an immensely important resource for anyone who wants to recover — or help a loved one recover — from one of these disabling conditions and regain a healthy and energetic life.
Nutrition and Eating Disorders
Author: Lori A. Smolin
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13: 1438102194
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Western society's obsession with dieting and weight management goes hand in hand with an increasing number of eating disorders.
Entering an Online Support Group on Eating Disorders
Author: Wyke Stommel
Publisher: Rodopi
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9042026618
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Preliminary Material -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The online support group as a community -- Identity in a community -- Accomplishing identity in an online community on eating disorders -- Research design: The forum, ethics, data and method -- Identity accomplished through nicknames -- Opening the first posting: Ambivalence towards the community -- Displaying forumability in the online community -- The main requirement of forumability: Recognition -- Entering the online support group and adopting the sick role -- Conclusions and discussion -- References -- Appendix -- CurriculumVitae.
Education, Disordered Eating and Obesity Discourse
Author: John Evans
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008-06-06
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 1134112599
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Eating less, exercising more and losing weight seem the obvious solution for the oncoming 'obesity epidemic'. Rarely, however, is thought given to how these messages are interpreted and whether they are in fact inherently healthy. Education, Disordered Eating and Obesity Discourse investigates how 'body centred talk' about weight, fat, food and exercise is recycled in schools, enters educational processes, and impacts on the identities and health of young people. Drawing on the experiences of young women who have developed eating disorders and research on international school curricula and the media, the authors challenge the veracity, substance and merits of contemporary 'obesity discourse'. By concentrating on previously unexplored aspects of the debate around weight and health, it is revealed how well-meaning advice can propel some children toward behaviour that seriously damages their health. This book is not only about 'eating disorders' and the people affected, but the effects of obesity discourse on everyone’s health as it enters public policy, educational practice and the cultural fabric of our lives. It will interest students, teachers, doctors, health professionals and researchers concerned with obesity and weight issues.
Bodies in a Broken World
Author: Ann Folwell Stanford
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780807854808
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this multidisciplinary study, Ann Folwell Stanford reads literature written by U.S. women of color to propose a rethinking of modern medical practice, arguing that personal health and social justice are inextricably linked. Drawing on feminist ethics t
