About the book
American Psychiatric Association defines eating disorders as behavioral conditions characterized by severe and persistent disturbance in eating behaviors and associated distressing thoughts and emotions. They can be very serious conditions affecting physical, psychological, and social function. Types of eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and others.
The current book aims to offer some new aspects related to anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Bearing in mind that it is impossible to display all the facets of these disorders, we have chosen some of those which nowadays seem to be relevant. In this regard, we focus on some neuropsychological aspects, the role of "modern" families in eating disorders, the influence of social networks, mainly among adolescents, and the beautiful tool named storytelling, which facilitates the relationship between patients and therapists as well as between families and therapists during the therapeutic process. The book aims to be a new approach to some factors which could be involved in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders.
