Book description
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.
