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001 2006928995
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008 060612s2007 nyu b 001 0deng d
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050 00 $aRC552.E18$bL58 2007
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100 1 $aLiu, Aimee.
245 10 $aGaining :$bthe truth about life after eating disorders /$cAimee Liu.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bWarner Books,$c2007.
300 $axxvii, 289 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-281) and index.
505 0 $aConnecting the dots: a genetic link -- Portrait of a hunger artist: the face of fear -- The laws of perfection: obsession and compulsion -- Wanting for nothing: avoidance -- Good bad girls: shame -- A certain self: identity and independence -- Terms of endearment: family dynamics -- Growing children: parenthood -- Love and other terrors: honor and intimacy -- Consuming passions: competing for health -- The wisdom of age: maturity in a youth culture -- Gaining power: becoming agents for change.
520 $aNearly three decades after she detailed her first battle with anorexia in Solitaire, Aimee Liu presents a sequel. Liu believed she had conquered anorexia in her twenties. Then, in her forties, when her life once again began spiraling out of control, she stopped eating--the same forces that had caused her original eating disorder were still in play. Other women she knew with histories of anorexia and bulimia seemed to share many of her personality traits and habits under stress--even decades after "recovery." Liu set out to learn who is susceptible and why, and what it takes to overcome them once and for all. Through cutting-edge research and the stories of more than forty interview subjects, readers will discover that the tendency has little to do with culture, class, gender--or weight. Genetics, however, play a key role. So do temperament, anxiety, depression, and shame. Liu explores promising and innovative new treatments, offers vital insights to anyone who has ever had an eating disorder, and shows parents how to help protect their children from developing one.--From publisher description.
650 0 $aEating disorders$xPsychological aspects.
600 10 $aLiu, Aimee.
650 0 $aEating disorders$xPatients$vBiography.
650 0 $aAnorexia nervosa$xPatients$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 2 $aEating Disorders
650 2 $aEating Disorders$xpsychology
650 2 $aAnorexia Nervosa
650 2 $aAnorexia Nervosa$xpsychology
655 2 $aPersonal Narratives [Publication Type]
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0914/2006928995-d.html