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Record Nr.

UNINA9910143070803321

Titolo

Eating disorders / / edited by Mario Maj ... [et al.] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : J. Wiley, c2003

ISBN

9786610101559

0-470-86718-3

0-470-34158-0

1-280-10155-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 435 p. ) : ill. ;

Collana

WPA Series in Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry ; ; v.4

WPA series, evidence and experience in psychiatry ; ; v. 6

Altri autori (Persone)

MajMario <1953->

Disciplina

616.85/26

Soggetti

Eating disorders

Feeding and Eating Disorders

Psychiatry

Health & Biological Sciences

Psychiatric Disorders, Individual

Computer network resources.

Electronic books

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Classification, diagnosis and comorbidities of eating disorders: a review / Katherine A. Halmi -- Epidemiology and cultural aspects of eating disorders: a review / Hans Wijbrand Hoek, Daphne van Hoeken, Melanie A. Katzman -- Physical complications and physiological aberrations in eating disorders: a review / Francesca Brambilla, Palmiero Monteleone -- Pharmacological treatment of eating disorders: a review / Martina de Zwaan, James Roerig -- Psychological interventions for eating disorders: review / G. Terrance Wilson -- Economic and social burden of eating disorders: a review / Scott J. Crow, Carol B. Peterson.

Sommario/riassunto

Eating disorders are characterised by a persistent pattern of aberrant eating or dieting behaviour. These patters are associated with significant emotion, physical and relational distress. Researchers



estimate the incidence of eating disorders at somewhere between 1 and 40f the adolescent and early adult population, and most cases of anorexia and bulimia nervosa remain undiagnosed or are treated inappropriately. Written by an internationally renowned psychiatrist, this book reduces the gap between research evidence and clinical evidence in order to improve the diagnosis and treatment of these mental disorders with severe physical consequences.