Eating disorders and marital relationships / / Stephan Van den Broucke, Walter Vandereycken, and Jan Norre

• Autore: Van den Broucke Stephan
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.8526; 616.8526008655
• Soggetto topico: Eating disorders - Treatment; Eating disorders - Psychological aspects; Marriage - Psychological aspects; Marital psychotherapy
• Altri autori: NorreJan VandereyckenWalter <1949->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-192) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; The nature of eating disorders in married patients; Defining anorexia and bulimia nervosa; Epidemiology of anorexia and bulimia nervosa; Conclusions; The marital relationships of psychiatric patients; The spouses of psychiatric patients; Marital satisfaction and intimacy; Marital communication; Marital conflict; Conclusions; The husbands of eating-disordered patients; Clinical views of the husband's personality; Empirical findings regarding the spouse's personality; Conclusions; Marital satisfaction and intimacy ; Clinical views of intimacy in eating-disordered couplesEmpirical findings regarding intimacy in eating-disordered couples; Conclusions; Communication; Theoretical views on marital communication; Clinical views on communication in eating-disordered couples; Empirical findings regarding the communication in eating-disordered couples; Conclusions; Marital conflicts; Theoretical views on marital conflict; Clinical views on conflict interaction in eating-disordered couples; Empirical findings regarding conflict management in eating-disordered couples; Conclusions ; Sexuality, fertility and parentingSexual functioning; Sexual abuse; Reproductive functions; Pregnancy and parenthood; Conclusions; Assessment and treatment of eating disorders; Assessment of eating disorders; Treatment of eating disorders; Conclusions; Assessment of the marital relationship; The couple interview for eating-disordered patients; Marital questionnaires; Observational methods; Conclusions; Involving the husband in the therapy; Importance of the husband's involvement; Ways of involving the husband; Issues in the marital treatment of eating disorders ; Pitfalls in the marital treatment of eating disordersConclusions; Anorectic Behaviour Observation Scale; Standardized couple interview; Marital Intimacy Questionnaire; References; Name index; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: Anorexia and bulimia are on the increase in the Western world and the disease is now recognised to no longer be only a problem for teenage girls, but older women as well. Most older women either do now or did previously live with a partner and much attention has been paid to these relationships in devising therapeutic regimes.Eating Disorders and Marital Relationships takes a critical look at the evidence behind the assumption of psychiatric illness in the patients and their partners and comes up with some surprising results. Van den Broucke, Vandereycken and Norre carefully descr
• Titolo autorizzato: Eating disorders and marital relationships
• ISBN: 1-134-75211-3; 9786610408375; 1-134-75212-1; 1-280-40837-5; 0-203-13493-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809224303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II