In the recent literature on eating disorders, little attention is usually given to the possible role played by heightened death fears and anxieties and failed death transcendence in the dynamics of patients who suffer from anorexia and bulimia nervosa. For reasons that remain unclear, early texts an
Death related themes in anorexia nervosa: a practical exploration
β Scribed by Janice Russell; George Halasz; Pierre J.V. Beumont
- Book ID
- 119065500
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 968 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-1971
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