The Developmental Psychopathology of Eating Disorders: Implications for Research, Prevention, and Treatment

by Linda Smolak and Smolak

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805817468
• ISBN13: 9780805817461
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 462 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.2"