Eating Disorders [Hardcover]

L.K. George Hsu (Author)

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Hardcover: 248 pages
Publisher: The Guilford Press; 1 edition (Jan 26 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0898624010
ISBN-13: 978-0898624014
Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.9 x 2.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 499 g

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"George Hsu's volume is a masterful and creative synthesis of the growing body of knowledge of eating disorders. The review of the theoretical and clinical foundations is superb, and the reader will find a complete account of historical perspectives, current disputes, and established treatment techniques. EATING DISORDERS will become essential reading for researchers and practitioners alike."--Michael Strober, Ph.D.

"This book is the most up-to-date treatise on eating disorders available. In Dr. Hsu's review of the literature, he has put theories and conclusions to scientific scrutiny. This is not another volume of unfounded speculations...the book sets a high standard for scholarship and objectivity."--Alexander R. Lucas, M.D.

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Although much has been written about anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, most of the available literature consists of either idiosyncratic single-author mono graphs or multi-authored volumes that cover many aspects of eating disorders. Filling a gap in the literature, this book represents a single-volume resource that offers a coherent review and synthesis of the current thinking and findings on these disorders. Providing the most up-to-date information available in the current literature, EATING DISORDERS focuses primarily on conceptual and empirical findings that are most relevant to clinicians who treat adolescent patients and to academics who are interested in a convenient summary of such issues.

Setting the stage for the chapters that follow, the book opens with a review of the historical development of the concepts of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. The manner in which the disorders relate to each other, to simple dieting, and to affective disorders is examined. In the chapters that review clinical features, epidemiology, and etiological findings, Hsu persuasively argues against the notion of body image disturbance, and contends instead that simple dieting and eating disorders occur on a behavioral continuum. He demonstrates that when dieting is accompanied by certain risk factors and intensified by certain adolescent issues, it provides an entree to an eating disorder.

With a particular focus on adolescent patients, Hsu then describes the evaluation process and treatment alternatives. He explicates the current diagnostic criteria of the disorders and advocates the adoption of a flexible, eclectic approach that is guided by common sense and the available empirical data. To provide an illuminating perspective for assessing treatment efforts, a review of outcome data and a discussion of the nosology of the disorders are presented. The final chapter summarizes the implications of the volume, both for primary prevention and for future research on the eating disorders.

An ideal clinical resource, especially for those who treat adolescent patients, EATING DISORDERS will be of value to psychologists, psychiatrists, and all other mental health professionals who work with clients suffering from anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Students and academics interested in the eating disorders will find it an outstanding reference.

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The eating disorders of anorexia nervosa (anorexia is from the Greek for "loss of appetite") and bulimia nervosa (bulimia is from the Greek for "ox appetite") are characterized by an implacable and distorted attitude toward weight, eating, and fatness. Read the first page

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1.0 out of 5 stars the man knows NOTHING, April 13 2012

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This review is from: Eating Disorders (Hardcover)

i met this "doctor" in person for possible treatment for an eating disorder i have had for 18+ years and he was the most rude, non-personable, arrogant man i have ever met. i have no interest in anything he has to say because he assumes his way is the only way and he subscribes to the common ignorant view that an individual suffering with anorexia is "an anorexic," plain and simple (along with that is the stereotypical view of anorexics all falling under one umbrella of personality type: secretive, manipulative, cunning, not-to-be-trusted, etc., etc.). he assumes that no anorexic is a person with an actual identity other than the illness he/she suffers with. completely ignorant man.

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