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First published in 1990. The subject of anorexia nervosa and, more recently, bulimia nervosa in males has been a source of interest and controversy in the fields of psychiatry and medicine for more than 300 years. These disorders, sometimes called eating disorders, raise basic questions concerning the nature of abnormalities of the motivated behaviors: Are they subsets of more widely recognized illnesses such as mood disorders? Are they understandable by reference to underlying abnormalities of biochemistry or brain function? In what ways are they similar to and in what ways do they differ from anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa in females? This book will be of interest to a wide variety of people-physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, nutritionists, educators, and all others who may be interested for personal or professional reasons.
List of contents
History, Sociocultural Studies, and Psychological Functioning; Chapter 1 Anorexia Nervosa in the Male: Early Historic Cases, Joseph A. Silverman; Chapter 2 Male Bulimia Nervosa: An Autobiographical Case Study, Ralph F. WilpsJr; Chapter 3 Sociocultural Factors Influencing Weight Among Males, Angela D. Mickalide; Chapter 4 Sexuality in Males with Eating Disorders, David B. Herzog, Isabel S. Bradburn, Kerry Newman; Chapter 5 Men, Body Image, and Eating Disorders, Ann Kearney-Cooke, Paule Steichen-Asch; Section II Clinical and Psychometric Studies; Chapter 6 Primary Anorexia Nervosa in the Male and Female: A Comparison of Clinical Features and Prognosis, Arthur H. Crisp, Thomas Burns; Chapter 7 Eating Disorders in Males: Insights from a Clinical and Psychometric Comparison with Female Patients, D. Blake Woodside, David M. Garner, Wendi Rockert, Paul E. Garfinkel; Chapter 8 Psychometric Testing in 76 Males with Eating Disorders, David H. Edwin, Arnold E. Andersen; Treatment and Outcome; Chapter 9 Diagnosis and Treatment of Males with Eating Disorders, Arnold E. Andersen; Chapter 10 Outcome of Anorexia Nervosa in Males, Thomas Burns, Arthur H. Crisp; Chapter 11 A Professionally Led Support Group for Males with Eating Disorders, Michael P. Levine, Trent A. Petrie, Jerome Gotthardt, Todd D. Sevig; Integration; Chapter 12 A Proposed Mechanism Underlying Eating Disorders and Other Disorders of Motivated Behavior, Arnold E. Andersen;
About the author
ARNOLD E. ANDERSEN, M.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Director; The Eating and Weight Disorders Clinic, The fohns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
