Understanding eating disorders [[electronic resource] ] : integrating culture, psychology and biology / / Yael Latzer, Joav Merrick, and Daniel Stein, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457532103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science, c2011
• ISBN: 1-61942-054-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Collana: Health and human development
• Altri autori (Persone): LatzerYael; MerrickJoav <1950->; SteinDaniel <1949->
• Disciplina: 616.85/26; 616.8526
• Soggetti: Eating disorders; Appetite 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 bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""UNDERSTANDING EATING DISORDERS: INTEGRATING CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY ""; ""UNDERSTANDING EATING DISORDERS: INTEGRATING CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY ""; ""Contents ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Eating Disorders: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Etiology and Prevention ""; ""Diagnosis""; ""Epidemiology ""; ""Etiology ""; ""1. Socio-cultural aspects ""; ""2. Genetic and biological considerations ""; ""3. Psychological considerations ""; ""4. Family-related considerations ""; ""Prevention ""; ""Conclusions ""; ""References ""; ""Section One: Overview ""; ""Why DSM V needs to Consider a Staging Model for Anorexia Nervosa """"Introduction ""; ""Categorical versus Dimensional Models of Illness ""; ""The History of Disease Staging ""; ""Staging of Psychiatric Illnesses ""; ""Staging in Anorexia Nervosa""; ""Conclusions""; ""References ""; ""Night Eating Syndrome ""; ""Introduction ""; ""A Historical Review ""; ""Night Eating Drinking Syndrome""; ""Sleep Related Eating Disorder ""; ""Night Eating Syndrome and Obesity ""; ""Night Eating among Persons with Eating Disorder""; ""Night eating among Individuials with NES ""; ; ""Discussion ""; ""Conclusions """"References ""; ""Clinical and Diagnostic Characteristics of Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Incidence and Prevalence of Eating Disorders ""; ""Clinical Presentation of Anorexia Nervosa in Children and Adolescents ""; ""Clinical Presentation of Bulimia Nervosa""; ""Clinical Presentation of Atypical Eating Disorders ""; ""Diagnostic Issues I: Developmental Considerations ""; ""Developmental issues related to physical development ""; ""Developmental issues related to cognitive and linguistic development ""; ""Developmental considerations related to systemic factors """"Diagnostic issues II: Making a Diagnosis in Children and Adolescents ""; ""Diagnostic issues III: The Appropriateness of the Current Diagnostic Nomenclature ""; ""Food avoidance emotional disorder (FAED)""; ""Selective eating ""; ""Pervasive refusal syndrome""; ""Conclusions ""; ""References ""; ""Section Two: History""; ""A Historical Background to Current Formulations of Eating Disorders ""; ""Introduction""; ""Anorexia Nervosa (AN) ""; ""Historical background ""; ""The classical period and Gnostic asceticism ""; ""The early middle Ages 5th â€? 10th centuries)""""The late middle ages, the renaissance, and “holy anorexiaâ€? (the 12th â€? 16th centuries)""; ""From the Renaissance to the Victorian period (the 17th-18th centuries) ""; ""The Victorian period (the 19th century) ""; ""The 20th century ""; ""Current formulations ""; ""Bingeing/purging eating disorders ""; ""Historical background ""; ""Discussion ""; ""Anorexia nervosa ""; ""Bulimia nervosa ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""References""; ""Eating Disorders: Global Marker of Change ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Interface between individual and environment ""