Self-starvation: From Individual to Family Therapy in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. historical survey 2. clinical aspects 3. general picture of anorexia nervosa 4. term anorexia nervosa 5. differential dignosis of anorexia nervosa 6. anorexia nervosa and the contraditory roles of modern woman 7. parents f anorexic patients 8. learning patterns and body awareness 9. the development of anorexia nervosa 10. anorexia nervosa and sex 11. the problem of death and suicide in anorexia nervosa 12. interpretation of anorexia nervosa by the object relation theory 13. the organic treatment of anorexia nervosa 14. introduction to the psychotherapeutic treatment of anorexia nervosa 15. the therapist and the patient 16. difficulties during the first meeting with aptients 17. some hints on psychotherapeutic conduct 18. the existentialist contribution to the treatment of anorexia nervosa 19. the experience of space and time in anorexia nervosa 20. the condemnation and redemption of the body 21. the reconstruction fo the body feeling 22. reflections on my own case studies 23. family psychotherapy as a new orientation 24. the family of the anorexic patient: a model system 25. the use of therapeutic interventions 26. the cybernetics of anorexia nervosa 27. the family of the anorexic and the social enviornment.