Exploring eating disorders in adolescents : the generosity of acceptance / by Jane Desmarais.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Desmarais, Jane, author.

Contributor:

Williams, Gianna.

Series:

Generosity of acceptance ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eating disorders in adolescence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The number of people suffering from different eating disorders has grown dramatically within the last twenty years. These two volumes examine feeding difficulties and eating disorders in children and adolescents, from babies to 19-year-olds. The volumes consist of clinical cases that describe the process of psychoanalytic psychotherapy used to treat the patients. The contributors look at the underlying causes for the disorders, such as bulimia and anorexia, lead to a normal life with the help of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. In addition, this collection takes into account the profound effects eating disorders have, not only on the patients, but on their immediate family and friends as well. 'Many cases describe the anxieties and strategies of defence used against feelings of dependence and the risk of accepting from another. This is a core theme in both volumes and is the principle idea behind the paradoxical title, The Generosity of Acceptance.

Contents:

COVER; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: "Who's that girl?"An anorexic girl's search for identity and fear ofcontamination by the damaged (internal) parental couple; CHAPTER TWO: Eating disorders in adolescence:the function of receiving; CHAPTER THREE: Paula's secret: an adolescent with bulimia; CHAPTER FOUR: The uncovering of a lack of identity; CHAPTER FIVE: "I didn't want to die, but I had to":the pervasive refusal syndrome; CHAPTER SIX: Some reflections on the processes of projectionand introjection in eating disorders

CHAPTER SEVEN: An anorexic girl's relationship toa very damaged persecutory iCHAPTER EIGHT: Fantasies concerning body functioningin an anorexic adolescent; REFERENCES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

0-429-91343-5

0-429-89920-3

0-429-47443-1

1-283-24885-9

9786613248855

1-84940-414-3

9780429474439

OCLC:

748241993