1st Edition
Insights from a Sixty-Four-Year Case of Anorexia Nervosa Constancy and Change in Symptoms and Treatment
By Don R. Lipsitt
Copyright 2023
156 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
156 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
156 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This volume offers rare insight into an enduring case of anorexia nervosa in a female patient and details the approaches to treatment taken by psychotherapists throughout the 64 year period 1938-2002.
Through discussion and analysis of clinical notes and transcripts, Lipsitt traces the course of the patient’s illness to consider the centrality of the mother-daughter relationship and to... Read more
Preamble 1. Introduction and Note on Eating 2. Origins of the Diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa 3. The Patient, Her Mother, and Her Doctors 4. Interview Sequence 5. My Sessions with Ms. B 6. The Elusive Therapeutics of Anorexia Nervosa 7. Summing Up Appendices
Biography
Don R. Lipsitt, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry (part-time) at Harvard Medical School and Associate in Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
