The Anorexic Mind / Marilyn Lawrence.

Author
Lawrence, Marilyn [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
London : Taylor and Francis, 2018.
Description
1 online resource (216 p.)

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Series
Tavistock Clinic series. [More in this series]
Summary note
"Eating disorders vary in severity from developmental difficulties in adolescence which may be transitory, to serious and chronic mental illnesses. The Anorexic Mind offers a coherent approach to these difficult and demanding problems, always underlining the point that while many of the manifestations are physical, eating disorders have their origins as well as their solutions, in the mind. While anorexia nervosa may be considered the central syndrome in eating disorders, this book also considers how it links and differs from bulimia nervosa, the more common, related disorder. In the process of the research on anorexia and bulimia, valuable insights have been gained into the very common problem of overeating. The author takes a developmental approach to eating disorders, and is very aware of the continuities between infantile, adolescent and adult experience. Our earliest relationship is a feeding relationship and feeding difficulties early in life are not rare. The view taken in The Anorexic Mind is that feeding difficulties indicate and reflect relationship difficulties whether they occur in infancy, adolescence or adulthood. Most eating disorders apparently begin at adolescence, though if a careful history can be obtained, it is often clear that there have been relationship difficulties at earlier stages of development. If eating disorders are understood as reflections of relationship difficulties, the author believes that they are best treated within a therapeutic relationship. Examples are given of treatment by formal psychotherapy or psychoanalysis where early difficulties become visible and treatable within the transference relationship to the therapist. The most serious cases of anorexia and bulimia nervosa are treated within institutional settings, and many patients have a number of long admissions. Part of the Tavistock Clinic Series."--Provided by publisher.
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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-136) and index.
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OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Language note
English
Contents
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; REFERENCES; INDEX
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Also available in print format.
ISBN
  • 0-429-92009-1
  • 0-429-90586-6
  • 0-429-48109-8
  • 1-283-07055-3
  • 9786613070555
  • 1-84940-641-3
OCLC
  • 723944142
  • 727948474
  • 1031885760
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