Narrative Journeys of Young Black Women With Eating Disorders - A Hidden Community Among Us

This book explores how the realities of three young black women who have experienced eating disorders since childhood were transformed, discussing the larger implications of disordered eating in underrepresented populations. More broadly, this book discusses the need for culturally sensitive prevention, intervention, and care in mental health.

Sommario

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Research
Chapter 2: Conversations Revealed: Mind, Body, and Soul
Chapter 3: Mind, Body, and Soul's Eating Disorder Journeys: Unique Contributors and Commonalities across Four Dominant Themes
Chapter 4: Impacts of Community-Based Prevention, Intervention, and Wellness Programs on Healthy Self-Concept
Chapter 5: Some Recommendations for Schools, Clinicians, Parents, and Adolescents to Prevent and Intervene on Eating Disorders
Chapter 6: The Conversation Must Continue

Info autore

By Stephanie A. Hawthorne

Riassunto

This book explores how the realities of three young black women who have experienced eating disorders since childhood were transformed, discussing the larger implications of disordered eating in underrepresented populations. More broadly, this book discusses the need for culturally sensitive prevention, intervention, and care in mental health.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stephanie A. Hawthorne
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781498589833
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8983-3
• Pagine: 136
• Serie: Lexington Studies in Health Co; Lexington Studies in Health Communication
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, adolescent trauma, African American Studies, anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder, binging and purging, black mental health, black women, bulimia nervosa, disordered eating, eating disorders, Menta