Midlife Eating Disorders Your Journey to Recovery

Cynthia M. Bulik, Ph.D.

eBook - 2013

In most people's minds, "eating disorder" (ED) conjures images of a thin, white, upper-middle-class teenage girl. The ED landscape has changed. Countless men and women in midlife and beyond, from all ethnic backgrounds, also struggle with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, purging disorder, and binge eating disorder. Some people have suffered since youth; others relapsed in midlife, often after a stressor such as infidelity, divorce, death of a loved one, menopause, or unemployment. Still others experience eating disorder symptoms for the first time in midlife.Primary care physicians, ob-gyns, and other practitioners may overlook these disorders in adults or, even worse, demean them for not having outgrown these adolescent pr...oblems. Treatments for adults must acknowledge and address the unique challenges faced by those middle-aged or older. Midlife Eating Disorders-a landmark book-guides adults in understanding "Why me?" and "Why now?" It shows a connection between the rise...

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Published
Bloomsbury Publishing
Language
English
Main Author
Cynthia M. Bulik, Ph.D.
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Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Kindle Book
ASINB00BBCVZI2
Release Date3/12/2013
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780802743503
Release Date3/12/2013