Exacting beauty
Subtitle: theory, assessment, and treatment of body image disturbance
By: J. Kevin Thompson ... [et al.].
Contributors: Thompson, J. Kevin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
Subjects: Body image disturbance
Description: Body image is a powerful factor in how people feel about themselves. If one suffers from body image disturbance, it often leads to a host of difficulties, ranging from low self-esteem to bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and body dysmorphic disorders.

Successfully integrating explanations from social, interpersonal, feminist, and behavioral-cognitive psychology, Exacting Beauty is packed with invaluable research, case histories and descriptions, and treatment guidance. Clinicians, practitioners, and researchers will value this book for its rich, up-to-date coverage of how psychology grapples with the troubling relationship between psychological health and body image.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-375) and indexes.