Review
...The chapters are...well presented and up to date...
—Science Books and Films
This book should prove valuable for those concerned with keeping up with advances in behavioral medicine...
—The Psychological Record
For the general reader there is much of interest...
—Journal of Psychosomatic Research
This volume is highly recommended as a source book documenting research and treatment in three fundamental areas of behavioral medicine.
—Michigan Society for Behavioral Medicine & Biofeedback Newsletter
Product Description
The lack of balance and the failure of regulation in life has traditionally been recognized in such extreme symbolic acts as overconscientiousness or a criminal lack of conscience. This volume shows how the neurotic process affects biologic functions, distorting natural functioning. Three distinct functions and their respective extremes are discussed: eating (obesity, bulimia nervosa), sleeping (insomnia, excessive somnolence), and sex (hypersexuality including child molestation, hyposexuality including inhibited sexual desires).
