| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxi, 362 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [318]-352) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction : Confidences and lies -- 1. Chronicity : the myth of recovery -- 2. Adolescence : girls in women's clothing : eating disorders stunt psychological development -- 3. Young adulthood : she, he, and it : a lover's triangle -- 4. Pregnancy : an oasis in an eating-disordered life -- 5. Parenting years : a kind of sibling rivalry : when the eating disorder competes with children -- 6. Midlife : eating disorders : millstones or stepping-stones? -- 7. Late life : never too old to be too thin -- 8. Healing : the ongoing chapter in an eating-disordered life -- Appendix 1 : Helpful organizations -- Appendix 2 : Directory of treatment facilities -- Appendix 3 : The clinical definitions of eating disorders -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Feeding and Eating Disorders -- psychology.
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Adult.
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Women.
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Eating disorders in women.
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| ISBN |
9780060761486 |
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0060761482 |
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