Handbook of eating disorders : physiology, psychology, and treatment of obesity, anorexia, and bulimia /

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Imprint:New York : Basic Books, 1986.
Description:xii, 529 p. : ill.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/791214
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Other authors / contributors:Brownell, Kelly D.
Foreyt, John Paul
ISBN:0465028624 : $27.50
Notes:Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Foreword: A Tribute to Hilde Bruch
  • 1. Effects of Obesity on Health and Happiness
  • 2. Physiological Aspects of Obesity
  • 3. A Set-Point Theory of Obesity
  • 4. Fat Cells and Obesity
  • 5. The Influence of Psychological Variables in Obesity
  • 6. Diets for Weight Reduction: Nutritional Considerations
  • 7. Obesity: The Role of Physical Activity
  • 9. Behavior Therapy for Obesity: Modern Approaches and Better Results
  • 10. The Very-Low-Calorie Diet: a Weight-Reduction Technique
  • 11. The Control of Obesity: Social and Community Perspectives
  • 12. Anorexia Nervosa: History and Psychological Concepts
  • 13. Anorexia Nervosa: Medical and Physiological Aspects
  • 14. Anorexia Nervosa: Diagnostic Conceptualizations
  • 15. Outcome and Prognosis of Anorexia Nervosa
  • 16. Cognitive Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa
  • 17. Anorexia Nervosa: The Therapeutic Task
  • 18. Inpatient and Outpatient Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa
  • 19. Bulimarexia: a Historical-Sociocultural Perspective
  • 20. Bulimia: Theories of Etiology
  • 21. Bulimia: Medical and Physiological Aspects
  • 22. The Clinical Features and Maintenance of Bulimia Nervosa
  • 23. Assessment of Bulimia: a Multidimensional Model
  • 24. Cognitive-Behavioral and Pharmacological Therapies for Bulimia
  • 25. Intensive Treatment of Bulimia and Body-Image Disturbance
  • Epilogue: The Eating Disorders: Summary and Integration
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index