Relevant topics in Eating Disorders
Relevant topics in Eating Disorders

Author: Ignacio Jáuregui Lobera

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2012-02-22

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 9535100017

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Eating disorders are common, frequently severe, and often devastating pathologies. Biological, psychological, and social factors are usually involved in these disorders in both the aetiopathogeny and the course of disease. The interaction among these factors might better explain the problem of the development of each particular eating disorder, its specific expression, and the course and outcome. This book includes different studies about the core concepts of eating disorders, from general topics to some different modalities of treatment. Epidemiology, the key variables in the development of eating disorders, the role of some psychosocial factors, as well as the role of some biological influences, some clinical and therapeutic issues from both psychosocial and biological points of view, and the nutritional evaluation and nutritional treatment, are clearly presented by the authors of the corresponding chapters. Professionals such as psychologists, nurses, doctors, and nutritionists, among others, may be interested in this book.

Males With Eating Disorders
Males With Eating Disorders

Author: Arnold E. Andersen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-17

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1317839234

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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.

Eating - Pathology and Causes
Eating - Pathology and Causes

Author: José Vicente Martínez-Quiñones

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2024-01-31

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 1837694109

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Eating - Pathology and Causes reflects on current problems related to eating disorders and obesity. It includes six chapters that address such topics as the impact of media and social networks on the prevalence of eating disorders among youth, epidemiological issues and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the development and aggravation of eating disorders, nutritional therapy and obesity, and lifestyle, genetic, and psychological factors of obesity.

Psicomotricidad y trastornos de la conducta alimentaria
Psicomotricidad y trastornos de la conducta alimentaria

Author: Claudia Marcela Carta

Publisher: Miño y Dávila

Published: 2019-03-05

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 8417133518

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Psicomotricidad y trastornos de la conducta alimentaria desarrolla la experiencia realizada mediante un trabajo sustentable y sistemático en el seno de un equipo interdisciplinario en el contexto de la salud pública con personas afectadas con trastornos del comportamiento alimentario, desde la mirada de la Psicomotricidad. En sus páginas se desarrolla el vínculo entre la teoría y la práctica desarrollada a partir del trabajo vivencial de un taller corporal llevado a cabo en el Servicio de Psicopatología del Hospital Nacional de Clínicas dependiente de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. La psicomotricidad es una disciplina nueva y en permanente expansión que mira a la persona inmersa en la realidad atravesada por fenómenos como la mundialización, el crecimiento de la comunicación y las redes. Esta realidad nos desafía a pensar y dar respuestas a problemáticas desde nuevas miradas; en este caso los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria en un mundo donde la imagen tiene una preponderancia importante, donde las pantallas y las redes incorporan la virtualidad entrecruzándose con la imagen corporal, el cuerpo, la salud psíquica y la vida de relación. Ya no es posible pensar y tratar la patología con lecturas lineales de origen biológico o emocional. Pensar desde la complejidad implica ocuparse por la re-vinculación y aceptación del cuerpo, esto que me permite ser y estar en el mundo. Las autoras apuestan a una formación dentro de los nuevos ámbitos donde sea posible no sólo investigar comprobando los beneficios de la intervención psicomotriz, sino contribuir al crecimiento disciplinar desde una mirada científica, generando nuevas categorías de análisis y abriendo caminos que contribuyan a la profesión. "Los trastornos de la alimentación afectan a miles de personas en nuestro país, y pese a los esfuerzos que se realizan para paliar sus efectos y contener su crecimiento, la cantidad de afectados aumenta año a año. Es un tipo de trastorno insidioso, complejo en su causación y de difícil tratamiento que compromete tanto a quien lo sufre como a las personas de su entorno familiar, laboral y escolar/académico. El presente texto desarrolla la experiencia realizada mediante un trabajo sustentable y sistemático en el seno de un equipo interdisciplinario en el contexto de la salud pública con personas afectadas con trastornos del comportamiento alimentario. Tal como las autoras nos develan, en el campo de la práctica psicomotriz no son muchas las experiencias al respecto. Y sobre todo, ninguna que haya sido sistematizada como ésta, mediante el seguimiento y análisis de los datos obtenidos en la experiencia." (extraído del prólogo de Pablo Bottini).

Physiotherapy in Mental Health
Physiotherapy in Mental Health

Author: Tina Everett

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 1483141837

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Physiotherapy in Mental Health: A Practical Approach provides a concise discussion of the concept of abnormal behavior. The title also covers the role of physiotherapy in dealing with mental problems. The first part of the text covers the basic aspects of physiotherapy in mental health setting; this part covers psychiatric illness; communication in the clinical mental health setting; and the evaluation of physiotherapy services in the mental health field. Next, the book covers the concerns of the practice of physiotherapy in mental health, such as challenging behaviors, stress management, and relaxation training. The last part covers the various aspects of psychiatric treatment, including child psychiatry, eating disorders, and substance abuse. The text will be of great use to physiotherapists in the mental health care setting. The book will also be interesting to readers who want to know how physiotherapy can be applied to improve the mental and social health of individuals.

Eating Disorders in the Mediterranean Area
Eating Disorders in the Mediterranean Area

Author: Giovanni Maria Ruggiero

Publisher: Nova Publishers

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781590337134

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In this book an international group of authors explores the extent of and the socio-cultural factors underlying the ascendancy of eating disorders in some countries of the Mediterranean area in our own time. The authors express their local observations and struggles in an effort to map the impact of culture on the development of eating disorders. The topics reviewed echo back to each other and underscore the complexity of defining, measuring and possibly even changing culture. The book takes a 'transcultural' view, which is both 'trans' and 'cultural'. Realms transverse the academic terrain with chapters that pull on history, geography, biology and literature to set the stage for a review of cultural causes, with culture being the political, commercial and treatment settings potential eating disordered individuals find themselves in. The chapters demonstrate how control, the key cognitive construct of eating disorders, is impacted by the internal and external environment of the eating disordered individual. And if control is the bridge, shame is the dark sea that one struggles to avoid. Biological and psychological data from humans and animals is offered in an attempt to understand how efforts to maintain an honourable social ranking impacts food and body shape choices.

Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa
Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa

Author: Hubertus Himmerich

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2019-10-02

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1789239818

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The prevalence of eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia nervosa is growing, and these disorders are affecting adolescents and young adults at increasingly younger ages. This has led to a greater number of patients presenting to health services. Although novel therapeutic approaches have been introduced in recent decades, the mortality rates of patients with anorexia and bulimia nervosa remain alarmingly high. The course of anorexia nervosa in particular is often chronic and can lead to persistent disability. This book covers the clinical features and symptoms, neurobiology, pathophysiology, and current and potential future treatment options for both anorexia and bulimia nervosa. It also highlights the important aspects of support for families and their perspectives on these disorders.

Health Food Junkies
Health Food Junkies

Author: Steven Bratman, M.D.

Publisher: Harmony

Published: 2004-07-27

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0767905857

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The first book to identify the eating disorder orthorexia nervosa–an obsession with eating healthfully–and offer expert advice on how to treat it. As Americans become better informed about health, more and more people have turned to diet as a way to lose weight and keep themselves in peak condition. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa–disorders in which the sufferer focuses on the quantity of food eaten–have been highly documented over the past decade. But as Dr. Steven Bratman asserts in this breakthrough book, for many people, eating “correctly” has become an equally harmful obsession, one that causes them to adopt progressively more rigid diets that not only eliminate crucial nutrients and food groups, but ultimately cost them their overall health, personal relationships, and emotional well-being. Health Food Junkies is the first book to identify this new eating disorder, orthorexia nervosa, and to offer detailed, practical advice on how to cope with and overcome it. Orthorexia nervosa occurs when the victim becomes obsessed, not with the quantity of food eaten, but the quality of the food. What starts as a devotion to healthy eating can evolve into a pattern of incredibly strict diets; victims become so focused on eating a “pure” diet (usually raw vegetables and grains) that the planning and preparation of food come to play the dominant role in their lives. Health Food Junkies provides an expert analysis of some of today’s most popular diets–from The Zone to macrobiotics, raw-foodism to food allergy elimination–and shows not only how they can lead to orthorexia, but how they are often built on faulty logic rather than sound medical advice. Offering expert insight gleaned from his work with orthorexia patients, Dr. Bratman outlines the symptoms of orthorexia, describes its progression, and shows readers how to diagnose the condition. Finally, Dr. Bratman offers practical suggestions for intervention and treatment, giving readers the tools they need to conquer this painful disorder, rediscover the joys of eating, and reclaim their lives.