Eating Disorders: The Facts (Oxford Medicine Publications)

by Derek Llewellyn-Jones (Author), Suzanne Abraham (Author)

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  Paperback
  1987

  $31.40

  1 Eating disorders - anorexia, bulimia, and obesity - attract a considerable amount of media attention, and are currently being diagnosed more frequently. The new edition of this book, written for people suffering from an eating disorder, for their families, and for health professionals, includes many case histories, as told by patients themselves, and reflects the recent changes in treatment.

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  Paperback
  2001

  $3.25

  The eating disorders - anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and obesity -affect many thousands of people each year, particularly young women, though men as well. This comprehensive guide considers why eating disorders occur, and then looks at each in turn, describing the eating behaviours, diagnosis, and treatments available. This new edition has been fully revised and updated. Included is a new chapter explaining and providing advice on the problems someone with an eating disorder may face while pregnant, and after giving birth. An additional chapter looks at the problems that the family or friends of someone with an eating disorder may face, accepting that there is a problem, the feeling that somehow they are responsible, helplessness, and how they can cope and provide support and help for the sufferer Sympathetically and clearly written, the book provides an authoritative resource on eating disorders and how to treat them, one that will prove valuable for sufferers and their families. From review of previous edition '...provides succinct and comprehensive general information on eating disorders to patients, their families, and health professionals...the book is an easy read for its entire targeted audience from the patient to the physician. ' Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal