From virtue to vice : negotiating anorexia / / by Richard A. O'Connor and Penny Van Esterik

• Autore: O'Connor Richard A.
• Pubblicazione: New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.85/262
• Soggetto topico: Anorexia nervosa - Psychological aspects
• Persona (resp. second.): Van EsterikPenny
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Section II; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Section III; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Section IV; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Conclusion; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The recovered possess the key to overcoming anorexia. Although individual sufferers do not know how the affliction takes hold, piecing their stories together reveals two accidental afflictions. One is that activity disorders—dieting, exercising, healthy eating—start as virtuous practices, but become addictive obsessions. The other affliction is a developmental disorder, which also starts with the virtuous—those eager for challenge and change. But these overachievers who seek self-improvement get a distorted life instead. Knowing anorexia from inside, the recovered offer two watchwords on helping those who suffer. One is "negotiate," to encourage compromise, which can aid recovery where coercion fails. The other is "balance," for the ill to pursue mind-with-body activities to defuse mind-over-body battles.
• Titolo autorizzato: From virtue to vice
• ISBN: 1-78238-456-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797910703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Food, nutrition, and culture ; ; Volume 4.