Includes bibliographical references (409-443) and indexes.
Contents
Introduction to prevention -- Defining eating disorders -- Important controversies -- Developmental psychopathology -- Risk factors as guides to prevention program design -- Social cognitive approaches -- The non-specific vulnerability-stressor model -- The feminist-empowerment-relational model: a critical social perspective -- Prevention of body image: disturbances and disordered eating: a review of the research -- Lessons from the field I: curriculum and program development -- Lessons from the field II: practical issues in program evaluation and delivery -- Changing the ecology -- Media literacy as prevention -- Deciding the level of prevention: universal, selective, or targeted? -- Conclusions and future directions.