I denne boka orienterer forfatteren om sykdomsbildene anorexia nervosa og bulimia nervosa, og diskuterer diagnose, årsaker og behandling av disse. Sammendrag og litteraturliste bak i boka.
... the most common clinically recognized eating disorders. Those with anorexia have a tendency to skip meals, adopt highly restrictive and unhealthy diets, obsess over thinness and food, and present abnormal eating habits or rituals. Bulimia nervosa is a serious, potentially life-threatening eating disorder characterized by a cycle of bingeing and compensatory behaviors such as self-induced vomiting designed to undo or compensate for the effects of binge eating. DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA. According to the DSM-5, the official diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa are: About 1 percent of all American women will develop anorexia, and 1.5 percent will develop bulimia, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD). Overall, ANAD estimates that at least 30 million Americans are living with an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia. Anoreksi (anorexia nervosa) er en spiseforstyrrelse der personen som rammes har en endret kroppsoppfatning og et tvangs...