Eating Disorders: The Facts (The ^AFacts Series) - Hardcover

Abraham, Suzanne; Llewellyn-Jones, Derek

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0192621998 ISBN 13: 9780192621993

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1992

Synopsis

Eating disorders attract a considerable amount of media attention, and are currently being diagnosed more frequently. In general they affect more women than men, but the reasons why some women develop these disorders are not always very well understood. In this work, the relationship between eating disorders and sexuality is discussed, and up-to-date information on diagnosis and treatment is provided. Specific conditions including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and obesity are fully covered. The book has been extensively rewritten for this edition and includes sections on infertility and pregnancy in women with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Eating disorders are now managed by less authoritarian treatment programs administered by teams of health care professionals (rather than by individual doctors). Some new case histories have been added to the book to illustrate these changes. This work emphasizes the importance of learning sensible eating and exercise patterns, and the role of self-help groups for those recovering from eating disorders.

About this title

About the Author:

Suzanne Abraham works at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sydney University, Australia. Derek Llewellyn-Jones, formerly at the same department, is the author of Everyman (OUP, 1991), Everybody (OUP, 1993), and with Suzanne Abraham, Everygirl (OUP, 1992).

Review:

...an interesting addition to the available material for patient information...very comprehensive...useful to anyone wanting to understand a long-term condition - and that would include medical staff. Pulse GP Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0192621998
• ISBN 13: 9780192621993
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 210