From Eating Disorders to Dysfunctional Eating Attitudes and Behaviors Continuum The Core of Body Perceptions

Preface

FROM THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL SUPPORT…

Social Media and Body Image

Daniela Villani, Gaia Cuccì and Anna Flavia Di Natale

The Role of Self-Compassion in Body Image

Diana Burychka, Marta Miragall and Rosa Mª Baños

Applications of Virtual Reality in the Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders

Giulia Corno, Johana Monthuy-Blanc and Stéphane Bouchard  

Attentional Bias and Body Perceptions in Dysfunctional Eating Attitudes and Behaviors

José Gutiérrez-Maldonado and Marta Ferrer-Garcia

Dysfunctional Eating Attitudes and Behaviors, and Body Dysmorphia Among LGBTQ+ People

Gabriel Desjardins, Frederick Aardema and Robert-Paul Juster

Negative Physical Self-perception in Athletes with Dysfunctional Eating Attitudes and Behaviors

Stéphanie Mériaux-Scoffier

Beyond the Mirror: Exploring Body Image in Individuals with Obesity

Giuseppe Riva, Fabio Frisone and Giulia Brizzi

TO PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS IN SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXTS

Prevention of Dysfunctional Eating Attitudes and Behaviors Focusing on Body Image

Isabelle Carrard and Sophie Bucher Della Torre

Body Experience in Eating Disorders: Clinical Guidelines

Michel Probst

Dysfunctional Eating Attitudes and Behaviours, Meaningful Occupations and Perceptual Disturbances: A Multidimensional Perspective

Marie-Josée St-Pierre, Anick Sauvageau and Émie Therrien  

Challenges and Perspectives for Informal Caregivers in Dysfunctional Eating Attitudes and Behaviors: French Insights

Elisabetta Scanferla and Romain Rey

Patient Partner in DEAB Intervention: Experiential Knowledge of the Body

Liette St-Pierre

Bodies in Context: How Gender and Sexuality Shape Body Perception Disturbances and Dysfunctional Eating Attitudes and Behaviors

Georg Halbeisen and Georgios Paslakis

Body Image and Embodied Cognition in Eating Disorders: Clinical and Therapeutic Perspectives

Amandine Turcq and Pierre Dechelotte

Conclusion

Index

Biography

Johana Monthuy-Blanc is a researcher at the Montreal Health Institute Research Center and a professor in the Department of Education Sciences at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine at Université de Montréal. With the Loricorps research team, she developed a transdisciplinary model of dysfunctional eating attitudes and behaviours linked to body perceptions and mental health. Her work targets prevention and intervention in community and clinical settings, using transdisciplinary approaches and digital health innovations.

Giulia Corno is a professor in the Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology at the Université du Québec en Outaouais. She is the co-director of the TechCare Research Lab, and is affiliated with the Research Center of the CISSS de l’Outaouais, the Montreal Mental Health University Institute Research Center, and the Loricorps research team. Her research focuses on body image and eating-related difficulties, with an interest in innovative, technology-based assessment and intervention methods and inclusive, evidence-informed, mental-health practices.