The Etiology Of Bulimia Nervosa by Janis H. Crowther, Stevan ... - 9781138993570

Taylor & Francis

This work reflects material covered at a psychology forum in 1990, striving to unite a psychopathalogical perspective on bulimia nervosa episodic food binging/purging with research on individual and family characteristics that might be precursors to developing eating disorders. > Chapter 1 Epidemiology of Bulimia Nervosa, Janis H. Crowther, Eve M. Wolf, Nancy E. Sherwood; Part 1 Developmental and Familial Factors; Chapter 2 Overview, Peggy A. Crawford, Dana Watts; Chapter 3 Developmental Issues in the Study of Eating Problems and Disorders Portions of this chapter were presented at the Kent Psychology Forum entitled \u201CThe Etiology of Bulimia Nervosa: The Individual and Familial Context\u201D (October, 1990). We thank Janis Crowther for her thoughtful comments and Rosemary Deibler for her help in preparation of the chapter, Ilana Attie, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn; Chapter 4 Toward a Model of the Developmental Psychopathology of Eating Disorders: The Example of Early Adolescence An earl.