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The Developmental Psychopathology of Eating Disorders - Implications for Research, Prevention, and Treatment (Paperback)
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The Developmental Psychopathology of Eating Disorders - Implications for Research, Prevention, and Treatment (Paperback)
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Although eating problems--ranging from body dissatisfaction and
dieting to anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa--can begin and
typically have their roots in childhood, theory and research in
developmental psychopathology and developmental psychology have not
received substantial attention in eating disorders research. This
book provides crucial background material from both fields, and
then makes direct applications to numerous aspects of the field of
eating disorders including theory, research, treatment, and primary
prevention.
This book was born out of a transaction between frustration and
optimism. The frustrations reflected the limitations of current
knowledge about eating problems and disorders. Etiological "causes"
which are sensitive and specific to eating disorders have been
elusive. Although there is some understanding of risk factors,
little is known about protective factors. This has made prevention,
among other things, difficult. Furthermore, the mechanisms
underlying the association between risk factors and disordered
eating are poorly understood. For example, it is known that women
are at greater risk than men are, but clinicians are hard- pressed
to get beyond gender-based speculations and demonstrate why this is
true.
The optimism grows from familiarity with the field of
developmental psychopathology. It seems evident that this approach
has much to offer the field of eating disorders. This book is an
early step in the integration of developmental psychopathology into
theorizing, research, treatment, and prevention of eating
disorders. It addresses four specific goals:
* to introduce the principles and methodologies of developmental
psychopathology,
* to review the work of developmental psychologists in several
major areas of behavior relevant to understanding the causes,
treatment, and prevention of eating disorders,
* to apply developmental psychopathology principles to the area of
eating disorders, both in the form of theoretical models and in
specific areas/issues raised by developmental psychopathology,
and
* to discuss the implications of developmental approaches for
prevention programs and treatments.
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