| Description |
xvii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-218) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Guiding your journey: the tree and the web -- The tree -- The web -- 2. What you need to know about eating disorders -- Set point theory or regulated weight -- Dieting, emotions, and cognition -- Physical changes -- Conclusion -- Preview to improving your relationship with food -- 3. Your relationship with food -- The food pyramid -- Common eating problems -- Food restriction -- Compulsive overeating -- Binge eating and purging -- What stage are you in? -- Exploring belief systems -- Safe foods, potential foods, and risk foods -- 4. The female body: spirituality and religion -- Questions about religion and eating disorders -- 5. The female body: history of size and thinness -- Questions about body image -- 6. Body image -- Exploring body-image distortion -- My body...my story -- Your body roadmap -- 7. Your relationship with exercise -- Rate your relationship with exercise -- Exercise guidelines -- Physical benefits of exercise -- Identifying common exercise problems -- Exercise and identity -- 8. Women's issues -- Not good enough: body distortion -- Looking for love: appearance and body image -- The power of positive self-talk and affirmations -- Infertility and pregnancy -- Osteoporosis -- Sexuality -- Women's issues survey -- 9. Men's issues -- Diagnosis: how is it different for men? -- Incidence: how do men stack up? -- Profile: are men's "make-ups" any different? -- Men's weight history questionaire -- What about feelings? -- Communication -- Men's issues survey -- 10. Substance abuse and eating disorders -- The cyclical road to addiction -- Alcohol abuse -- Drug abuse and addiction -- Laxative abuse -- Diuretics -- Diet pills -- Ipecac abuse -- 11. Trauma and abuse -- Physical abuse -- Sexual abuse -- Emotional abuse -- Exploring your history of abuse -- Trauma -- How has food helped you survive? -- 12. Special circumstances: obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression and diabetes -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Depression -- Diabetes -- Conclusion -- 13. The treatment team -- The physician -- The therapist -- The nutritionist -- The pharmacologist -- 14. Media madness -- 15. For families, friends and loved ones -- Education -- Common myths about eating disorders -- What to do if you suspect your loved one has an eating disorder -- How to be supportive of recovery -- 16. Concluding your journey: the tree and web revisited |
| Subject |
Eating disorders.
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Eating disorders. |
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Eating disorders -- Treatment.
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Eating disorders -- Treatment. |
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Eating disorders -- Patients -- Anecdotes.
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Eating disorders -- Patients. |
| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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Anecdotes.
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| Added Author |
Villapiano, Mona.
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| ISBN |
1583910581 paperback alkaline paper |
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