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OverviewIn an extensively revised new edition of the successful Anorexia and Bulimia, Richard Gordon includes new information and discussion of the latest ideas in this rapidly growing research field. The past two decades have witnessed an enormous increase in the number of cases of eating disorders in industrial societies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard Gordon (Bard College, New York)Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780631214960ISBN 10: 0631214968 Pages: 300 Publication Date: 24 December 1999 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Preface. 1. Culture and Psychopathology: The Notion of an Ethnic Disorder. 2. Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. 3. Dimensions of an Epidemic: The Epidemiology of Eating Disorders. 4. A Conflicted Female Identity. 5. The Thin Body Ideal. 6. The War Against Fat: Obesity, Dieting, and Exercise. 7. The Templates of a Disease. 8. The Cultural Politics of Eating Disorders. Index.ReviewsHe (Gordon) has successfully produced a very useful volume, which can be recommended as a primer which is readable, informative and well referenced...interesting and persuasive...coverage of the field is broad and most approaches are represented. A good read. Paul Robinson, European Eating Disorders Review, 2000, Vol 9, No 1. """He (Gordon) has successfully produced a very useful volume, which can be recommended as a primer which is readable, informative and well referenced...interesting and persuasive...coverage of the field is broad and most approaches are represented. A good read."" Paul Robinson, European Eating Disorders Review, 2000, Vol 9, No 1." Author InformationRichard A. Gordon is Professor of Psychology at Bard College and is a practising clinical psychologist. He has published and lectured extensively on the subject of eating disorders and has treated anorexic and bulimic patients in clinical practice for the past 20 years. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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