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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453931803321

Titolo

Bulimics on bulimia [[electronic resource] /] / Edited by Maria Stavrou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley, 2009

ISBN

1-281-89255-6

9786611892555

1-84642-845-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StavrouMaria

Disciplina

362.25

616.85

616.85263

Soggetti

Bulimia

Eating disorders

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Bulimics on Bulimia; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; 1. Binging and Purging to Stay Alive; 2. There Goes Alice Down the Hole; 3. Living with Diabulimia; 4. Surrounded by People but Completely Alone; 5. Running Away but Going Nowhere; 6. A Love of Athletics; 7. Recovery or What Passes for Normal; 8. High-functioning Superwoman; 9. The Hardest partis Wanting to Recover; 10. Diagnostic Labels and Sexual Abuse; 11. College plus Eating Disorder Equals...; 12. Not Good Enough; 13. An Addictive Personality, Food and Alcohol; 14. Confession to My Roommate, A Day in My Life

15. Becoming Bankrupt and Losing Everything I Had16. I Want to Be Like You; 17. Sex, Lies and Hedonism; 18. The Lesbian Bulimic Mafia; 19. Diets Don't Work, Bulimia Does; FURTHER READING

Sommario/riassunto

The book looks at people who are living with the disorder, shedding new light on the day-to-day struggle of coping with bulimia. It challenges the stereotypical image of the bulimic teenage girl, revealing that it affects a far wider range of people, and dispelling the myth that bingeing involves only food and purging involves only vomiting.