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Eating disorders and obesity : how drugs can help /

Most patients who develop the eating disorders are frightened of gaining weight. The disordered eating can be viewed as a pathological reaction to this fear and a distorted attempt to establish control of body weight. This book focuses on the place of drugs in the treatment of both sets of illnesses...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Silverstone, Trevor
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amsterdam ; Washington, DC : IOS Press, ©2005.
Collection:Biomedical and health research ; v. 65.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Title page; Preface; Contents; Regulation of Energy Balance in Humans; How the Body Regulates Eating and Body Weight; Psychological and Social Influences on Appetite and Eating Behaviour; Pharmacology of Appetite and Eating; Disorders of Eating and Body Weight; Anorexia Nervosa; Bulimia Nervosa; Binge Eating Disorder; Biological Rhythms and Disordered Eating; Obesity; Drug Related Obesity; Eating Disorders and Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence; Disorders of Eating, Weight and Appetite in Later Life.