Embodiment and mentalising - new perspectives on eating disorders
This book focuses on how body and mind might interact in eating
disorders, with particular emphasis on anorexia nervosa. It is
based on six scientific articles and an extensive discussion. Three
of these papers describe how people with anorexia nervosa embody
their inner life. Such bodily concretization of emotional life is
described as impaired mentalising. Mentalising refers to the
competence to understand oneself and others, and is considered as a
central psychopathological trait. Mentalising represents a new
intellectual framework for the understanding of such disorders. The
book also presents an outline for mentalisation-based treatment for
anorexia nervosa. A fourth paper describes how shame is central in
the psychopathology of persons suffering from anorexia nervosa. A
fifth paper is based on research among boys and girls in child care
institutions, and concludes with the necessity of increased focus
on male experiences. A sixth paper investigates how adapted
physical activity can move negative attention from the objectified
anorectic body to a more profound experience of oneself and one's
body.
General
Imprint: |
Lap Lambert Academic Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
May 2010 |
First published: |
October 2009 |
Authors: |
Finn Skarderud
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 7mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
108 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-8383-1121-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Psychology >
General
|
LSN: |
3-8383-1121-3 |
Barcode: |
9783838311210 |
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