Decoding anorexia how breakthroughs in science offer hope for eating disorders

"Decoding Anorexia is the first and only book to explain anorexia nervosa from a biological point of view. Its clear, user-friendly descriptions of the genetics and neuroscience behind the disorder is paired with first person descriptions and personal narratives of what biological differences m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Traher, Carrie, 1980- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : Routledge 2013.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798430606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Off the Couch and Into the Brain
  • 1. From Starving Saints to Dieting Divas
  • 2. Interoception and the Insula
  • 3. Climbing the Family Tree
  • 4. Anorexia's Poster Children
  • 5. When Anorexia Brings Friends
  • 6. Starvation Becomes Obsession
  • 7. Adapted to Flee Famine
  • 8. Gym Rats
  • 9. Stepping Up to the (Dinner) Plate
  • 10. Oops, I Did It Again...
  • 11. Standing at the Buffet of Life