Bulimics on Bulimia

Herausgeber: Stavrou, Maria

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Thousands suffer from bulimia secretly and in silence. They are never diagnosed and their story goes untold. Bulimics on Bulimia is a collection of accounts by people who are living with the disorder, shedding new light on the day-to-day struggle of coping with bulimia. This book challenges the stereotypical 'bulimic' as a teenage girl, revealing that bulimia affects a far wider range of people. The moving stories in this book provide a new look at the experience of bulimia, showing that beyond its stigma as a negative and embarrassing illness it can prove to be an empowering life journey. This book is a must-read for both professional and lay readers: counselors, psychologists, mental health professionals, those who are suffering or have suffered from an eating disorder and their friends and families.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 136mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 207g
• ISBN-13: 9781843106685
• ISBN-10: 184310668X
• Artikelnr.: 23809784

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Binging and Purging to Stay Alive. 2.
There Goes Alice Down the Hole. 3. Living with Diabulimia. 4. Surrounded by
People but Completely Alone. 5. Running Away but Going Nowhere. 6. A Love
of Athletics. 7. Recovery or What Passes for Normal. 8. High-Functioning
Superwoman. 9. The Hardest Part Is Wanting to Recover. 10. Diagnostic
Labels and Sexual Abuse. 11. College Plus Eating Disorder Equals...12. Not
Good Enough. 13. An Addictive Personality, Food and Alcohol. 14. Confession
to My Roommate, A Day in My Life. 15. Becoming Bankrupt and Losing
Everything I Had. 16. I Want to Be Like You... 17. Sex, Lies and Hedonism.
18. The Lesbian Bulimic Mafia. 19. Diets Don't Work, Bulimia Does. Further
Reading.