The author examines the linkages and similarities between compulsive athletics and eating disorders, and proposes that they are different manifestations of a single condition: the activity disorder.
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A particularly good book on both Eating Dissorders and Compulsive Excercise,
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This review is from: Compulsive Exercise And The Eating Disorders: Toward An Integrated Theory Of Activity (Hardcover)
As someone who has read *many* books, both clinical and popular, on the subject of eating disorders, I often bemoan the fact that this wonderful book has now gone out of print. Through comparing eating disorders with the compulsive exercise phenomenon it provides insights into both in a manner that books on each topic alone never quite do.Anyone interested in adding to their eating disorders library would be well advised to search out a used copy of this seemingly forgotten book, in that the insights provided go considerably beyond what is found in most books on the topic. Those wishing to understand compulsive exercise will also find this book a wonderful place to begin, as the comparisons with eating disorders are equally instructive. For those wishing insight into the combination of the two...once again, a great book on the subject. As a result of it's novel approach, and it's accessable writing style, one of the more intriguing and thought provoking books on EDs / compulsive exercise out there. HIGHLY recommended.
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On the television screen, members of the "Pepsi generation" leap, run, laugh, and gyrate, scarcely pausing long enough to relate to one another. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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On the television screen, members of the "Pepsi generation" leap, run, laugh, and gyrate, scarcely pausing long enough to relate to one another. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Muscular Christianity, United States, Anna Freud, Great Britain, Lamar Alexander, Overeaters Anonymous New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Handbook of Psychotherapy for Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia by David M. Garner Phd on 4 pages
- ANOREXIA NERVOSA: GUIDESEE774121 by Crisp/Mccl on page 99, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Starving to Death In a Sea of Objects by John A Sours on page 107, page 138, and Back Matter
- Six Months Off by Lamar Alexander on page 3, and Back Matter
- American Psychiatric Association Annual Review (Psychiatry Update) by Robert E. Hales in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Eating Disorder Sourcebook : A Comprehensive Guide to the Causes, Treatments, and Prevention of Eating Disorders by Carolyn Costin on page 37, page 38, and Back Matter
- Sexual Anorexia: Overcoming Sexual Self-Hatred by Patrick J. Carnes Ph.D. on page 59, and Back Matter
- The Eating Disorder Sourcebook by Carolyn Costin on page 29, and page 30
- Your Dieting Daughter...Is She Dying For Attention? by Carolyn Costin on page 217
- Eating Disorders: Anatomy of a Social Epidemic by Richard Gordon in Back Matter
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