Trauma, Dissociation, And Impulse Dyscontrol In Eating Disorders (Brunner/Mazel Eating Disorders Monograph Series, No. 9)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: September 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780876308431
Subjects: Behavioural theory (Behaviourism); Clinical psychology; Eating disorders & therapy; Psychiatry; Trauma & shock; Psychology; Health/Fitness; Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior; Psychology & Psychiatry / General; Eating Disorders; Psychopathology - Eating Disorders; Adult child abuse victims; Dissociative disorders; Mental health; Post-traumatic stress disorder
First sentence: Some case studies in the 1980s stimulated interest in the possible relationship between a history of traumatic experiences-especially physical and sexual abuse-and the development of an eating disorder (Goldfarb, 1987; Kearney-Cooke, 1988; McFarlane, McFarlane, &amp; Gilchrist, 1988; Schechter, Schwarts, &amp; Greenfeld, 1987; Sloan &amp; Leichner, 1988; Torem, 1986a, b.