1st Edition

Compulsive Exercise And The Eating Disorders Toward An Integrated Theory Of Activity

By Alayne Yates Copyright 1992
    272 Pages
    by Routledge

    272 Pages
    by Routledge

    The author examines the linkages and similarities between compulsive athletics and eating disorders, and proposes that they are different manifestations of a single condition: the activity disorder.

    Acknowledgments, PART I . Clinical Issues, 1. Independent Activity: Exercise and Diet, 2. Historical and Cultural Perspectives, 3. Obligatory Running, 4. Obligatory Running and the Eating Disorders, 5. From Gymnastics to Bodybuilding, PART II. Theoretical Overview, 6. Biological Theory, 7. Psychological Theory, 8. Analytic Theory, PART III. A Theory of Activity, 9. Intrapsychic Functions of Activity, 10. Adapting to Expectations, 11. Becoming Independent, 12. The Body, 13. Risk Factors, 14. Narcissism, 15. Relationship to Other Conditions, 16. Therapy for the Activity Disorders, 17. Toward an Integrated Theory, References, Author Index, Subject Index

    Biography

    Alayne Yates, M.D.