Decoding Anorexia: How Breakthroughs in Science Offer Hope for Eating Disorders

ISBN-13: 9780415898669 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 216 str.

Carrie Arnold

Opis

This text explains 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.

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Foreword Cynthia M. Bulik.  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

O autorze

Carrie Arnold is a freelance science writer and blogs daily at EDBites.com. She is an advisor to the advocacy organization FEAST (Families Empowered And Supporting the Treatment of Eating Disorders) and regularly appears at national and international eating disorder conferences.