Why Women?
Gender Issues and Eating Disorders
2nd Edition
Published in June 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
120 pages
978-0-485-12106-3 (ISBN)
Description
Explores some of the crucial psychological, behavioural, cultural, exual and political factors which may contribute to the gender specificity of eating disorders.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-485-12106-3 (9780485121063)
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Content
Why women - gender issues and eating disorders; socio-cultural aspects - female sex-role conflicts and eating disorders, the relationships between daughters and mothers and bulimia nervosa, how important is body image for bulimic women?, the media influence on eating problems; therapeutic approaches - women therapists for women clients?, can female patients benefit from a male therapist?, self-help groups for women with bulimia nervosa, psycho-social factors in eating disorders explored through psychodrama and art therapy, using the metaphor of compulsive eating in groups; sexual experiences - eating patterns and unwanted sexual experiences, sexual education programme for women with eating disorders; what about the men? - self-help groups for people with eating disorders - is there a place for men?, anorexia nervosa in boys.