Title: Eating Disorders, Overeating, and Pathological Attachment to Food
Subtitle: Independent or Addictive Disorders?
First published: October 2004
Description: "This book examines the relationship between eating disorders and substance abuse. In this text, you'll find direct evidence gathered by the nation's leading experts supporting the hypothesis that there are important similarities between the desire for food and the classic addictions. With overeating and obesity on the rise, this resource offers new hope for understanding eating disorders and will help psychiatrists and neuroscientists develop more effective treatments."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Addictive Behavior, Compulsive eating, Food, Appetite disorders, Etiology, Psychological aspects of Food, Psychological aspects, Eating disorders, Food, psychological aspects, Feeding and Eating Disorders