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The Void Inside: Bringing Purging Disorder to Light is the first scientifically-based resource for accurate information on purging disorder, written with clinicians and laypersons in mind and accessible to both.
List of contents
- Part 1. Emergence of a "New" Eating Disorder
- Chapter 1. Do We Need Another Eating Disorder?
- Chapter 2. Who, When, and Where? The Social, Historical, and Cultural Context of Purging Disorder
- Part 2. Why Does Purging Disorder Develop? The Usual and Unusual Suspects
- Chapter 3. Fear of Fat
- Chapter 4. Purging Unwanted Calories and Feelings
- Chapter 5. Feeling Sick: Genetic and Neurobiological Contributions
- Part 3. Help! Why and How to Get It
- Chapter 6. Medical Consequences of Purging
- Chapter 7. Getting Help
- Chapter 8. What Happens in Treatment
- Chapter 9. Outcomes Near and Far
- Additional Resources
- About the Author
- Index
About the author
Pamela K. Keel, PhD, is Distinguished Research Professor and Director of the Eating Behaviors Research Clinic in the Department of Psychology at Florida State University. Dr. Keel defined and characterized Purging Disorder as a potentially new disorder of eating, and this work contributed to the inclusion of Purging Disorder as an Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition. Dr. Keel is a Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED), the Association for Psychological Science (APS), and the American Psychological Association (APA). She served as President for the Eating Disorders Research Society and President for the Academy for Eating Disorders and received the Leadership Award in Research from the Academy for Eating Disorders in 2019.
Summary
The Void Inside: Bringing Purging Disorder to Light is the first scientifically-based resource for accurate information on purging disorder, written with clinicians and laypersons in mind and accessible to both.
Additional text
The Void Inside provides an accessible introduction to purging disorder, a type of eating disorder in which individuals engage in voluntary, self-induced purging (typically vomiting) after eating but without the binging behavior seen in bulimia nervosa. Written by psychologist Pamela K. Keel, a leading researcher on purging disorder, the book is primarily aimed at individuals with purging disorder but may also provide a useful introduction to the subject for clinicians, family members, and the interested public.
