Compulsive Exercise And The Eating Disorders - Toward An Integrated Theory Of Activity

First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Sommario

Acknowledgments, PART I . Clinical Issues, 1. Independent Activity: Exercise and Diet, 2. Historical and Cultural Perspectives, 3. Obligatory Running, 4. Obligatory Running and the Eating Disorders, 5. From Gymnastics to Bodybuilding, PART II. Theoretical Overview, 6. Biological Theory, 7. Psychological Theory, 8. Analytic Theory, PART III. A Theory of Activity, 9. Intrapsychic Functions of Activity, 10. Adapting to Expectations, 11. Becoming Independent, 12. The Body, 13. Risk Factors, 14. Narcissism, 15. Relationship to Other Conditions, 16. Therapy for the Activity Disorders, 17. Toward an Integrated Theory, References, Author Index, Subject Index

Info autore

Alayne Yates, M.D.

Riassunto

The author examines the linkages and similarities between compulsive athletics and eating disorders, and proposes that they are different manifestations of a single condition: the activity disorder.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alayne Yates, Yates Alayne
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.04.1991
• EAN: 9780876306307
• ISBN: 978-0-87630-630-7
• Pagine: 272
• Peso: 498 g
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Sistema politico; PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Eating Disorders, Psychotherapy, Eating disorders and therapy, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects