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A Review of Solving the Anorexia Puzzle by W. F. Epling and W. D. Pierce

A Review of Solving the Anorexia Puzzle by W. F. Epling and W. D. Pierce Behavior and Social Issues, Fall/Winter 1991, Vol 1, Number 2 A Review of Solving the Anorexia Puzzle by W. F. Epling and W. D. Pierce J. Scott Mizes Department of Psychiatry Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Solving the Anorexia Puzzle provides an overview of biological, psychological, and sociocultural perspectives on anorexia nervosa, as well as advances the authors' perspective regarding the potential existence of a subtype of anorexia they have termed "activity anorexia." A consistent theme in the work is to strongly de ..emphasize (and criticize) person variables such as psychodynamic or cognitive perspectives, and to give greater weight to environmental variables. These include sociocultural influences on eating, body weight, and exercise, and most importantly, biological and motivational factors hypothesized to account for the activity anorexia pattern, The book is organized into three parts. In Part I, the authors review various perspectives on anorexia nervosa, including the medical model and psychoanalysis, the social-cognitive model, and the behavioral model. A basic background is provided regarding the symptoms, physical sequelae, incidence, risk factors, and disease course of anorexia nervosa. Part I concludes with a review of what they classify as "Indirect" treatments for anorexia (i.e., psychoanalysis, insight oriented therapies, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behavior and Social Issues Springer Journals

A Review of Solving the Anorexia Puzzle by W. F. Epling and W. D. Pierce

Mizes, J.
Behavior and Social Issues , Volume 1 (2) – Oct 1, 1991
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Behavior and Social Issues, Fall/Winter 1991, Vol 1, Number 2 A Review of Solving the Anorexia Puzzle by W. F. Epling and W. D. Pierce J. Scott Mizes Department of Psychiatry Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Solving the Anorexia Puzzle provides an overview of biological, psychological, and sociocultural perspectives on anorexia nervosa, as well as advances the authors' perspective regarding the potential existence of a subtype of anorexia they have termed "activity anorexia." A consistent theme in the work is to strongly de ..emphasize (and criticize) person variables such as psychodynamic or cognitive perspectives, and to give greater weight to environmental variables. These include sociocultural influences on eating, body weight, and exercise, and most importantly, biological and motivational factors hypothesized to account for the activity anorexia pattern, The book is organized into three parts. In Part I, the authors review various perspectives on anorexia nervosa, including the medical model and psychoanalysis, the social-cognitive model, and the behavioral model. A basic background is provided regarding the symptoms, physical sequelae, incidence, risk factors, and disease course of anorexia nervosa. Part I concludes with a review of what they classify as "Indirect" treatments for anorexia (i.e., psychoanalysis, insight oriented therapies,

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Published: Oct 1, 1991

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