Understanding eating disorders : integrating culture, psychology and biology

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Understanding eating disorders : integrating culture, psychology and biology

edited by Yael Latzer, Joav Merrick, Daniel Stein

(Health and human development series)

Nova Science Publishers, c2012

  • : softcover

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Eating disorders (EDs) are considered a major disease in the modern world, being one of the most prevailing public health problems among female adolescents and young adults in recent decades, and reaching epidemic proportions in many Western countries. The last two decades have envisioned an abundance of research in many aspects related to EDs. Nevertheless, EDs are still highly misunderstood disorders that often raise a host of negative emotions such as bewilderment, mistrust and fear. This book reviews research on the diagnosis and classification of EDs, as well as the historical and socio-cultural aspects and the genetics, biology and psychological considerations involved.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Eating Disorders: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Etiology & Prevention
  • Why DSM V Needs to Consider a Staging Model for Anorexia Nervosa
  • Night Eating Syndrome
  • Clinical & Diagnostic Characteristics of Eating Disorders in Children & Adolescents
  • A Historical Background to Current Formulations of Eating Disorders
  • Eating Disorders: Global Marker of Change.

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