Title: Eating disorders; obesity, anorexia nervosa, and the person within.
Authors: Bruch, Hilde, 1904-1984
Publisher: Basic Books
Year: 1973
Subjects: Obesity; Body Image; Anorexia Nervosa; Obesity Psychological aspects; Anorexia nervosa
Abstract: This book accurately describes the cognitive processes that lead to and are present in someone with an eating disorder. Several case histories on individuals with anorexia nervosa and obesity are presented. It probes the emotional causes and effects of abnormal eating patterns.
Contents: Part I: General aspects -- Orientation and point of view -- Historical and sociocultural perspectives -- Biological basis of eating disorders -- Hunger awareness and individuation -- Family frame and transactions -- Body image and self-awareness -- Part II: Obesity -- Diversity of clinical pictures -- Obesity in childhood -- Obesity in adolescence -- Obesity and schizophrenia -- Thin fat people -- Part III: Anorexia nervosa -- History of the concept of anorexia nervosa -- Psychogenic malnutrition and atypical anorexia nervosa -- Primary anorexia nervosa -- Anorexia nervosa in the male -- Part IV: Treatment -- The practical and psychological aspects of weight change -- Evolution of a psychotherapeutic approach -- Outcome and outlook.