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UNINA9910785974303321 |
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Autore |
Traher Carrie <1980-> |
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Titolo |
Decoding anorexia : how breakthroughs in science offer hope for eating disorders / / Carrie Arnold |
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New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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1-136-20157-2 |
0-415-89866-8 |
1-283-71194-X |
0-203-08817-4 |
1-136-20158-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 204 p.) |
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PSY007000PSY011000PSY036000 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Anorexia nervosa |
Eating disorders - Psychological aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: Off the Couch and Into the Brain -- 1. From Starving Saints to Dieting Divas -- 2. Interoception and the Insula -- 3. Climbing the Family Tree -- 4. Anorexia's Poster Children -- 5. When Anorexia Brings Friends -- 6. Starvation Becomes Obsession -- 7. Adapted to Flee Famine -- 8. Gym Rats -- 9. Stepping Up to the (Dinner) Plate -- 10. Oops, I Did It Again... -- 11. Standing at the Buffet of Life |
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"Decoding Anorexia is the first and only book to explain anorexia nervosa from a biological point of view. Its clear, user-friendly descriptions of the genetics and neuroscience behind the disorder is paired with first person descriptions and personal narratives of what biological differences mean to sufferers. Author Carrie Arnold, a trained scientist, science writer, and past sufferer of anorexia, speaks with clinicians, researchers, parents, other family members, and sufferers about the factors that make one vulnerable to anorexia, the neurochemistry behind the call of starvation, and why it's so hard to leave anorexia behind. She also addresses: - How environment is still important and influences behaviors - The characteristics of people at |
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high risk for developing anorexia nervosa - Why anorexics find starvation "rewarding" - Why denial is such a salient feature, and how sufferers can overcome it Carrie also includes interviews with key figures in the field that explains their work and how it contributes to our understanding of anorexia. Long thought to be a psychosocial disease of fickle teens, this book alters the way anorexia is understood and treated and gives patients, their doctors, and their family members hope"-- |
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UNINA9910962862703321 |
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Autore |
Stone Randi |
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Best practices for teaching social studies : what award-winning classroom teachers do / / Randi Stone |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Thousand Oaks, CA, : Corwin Press, c2008 |
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9781452280592 |
1452280592 |
9781452209913 |
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9781441653628 |
1441653627 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (120 p.) |
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Social sciences - Study and teaching - United States |
Effective teaching - United States |
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Note generali |
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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""About the Contributors""; ""Elementary and Middle School""; ""Celebrating Our Constitution""; ""Investigating Historical Objects and Pictures""; ""Tasting""; ""A Tale of a Whale""; ""The Art of Social Studies/ The Social Studies in Art""; ""Assembly- Line Lunches""; ""The History Kids""; ""Who Would You Help?""; ""Exploring Diversity Through Technology""; ""When They “Just Don�t Get It�""; ""High |
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School""; ""Putting the “Social� Back Into Social Studies"" |
""A Social Studies Twist on the “Hemingway Challenge�""""World War II Memories""; ""Life-Changing Field Trips""; ""Crafting Individualized Research Projects""; ""Promoting Citizenship""; ""Reflections From a High School History Teacher""; ""Index"" |
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This collection of outstanding, teacher-tested methods for K-12 social studies instruction for diverse classrooms offers fresh ideas and strategies covering citizenship, diversity, community, and more. |
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