Father Hunger (eBook)

Fathers, Daughters, and the Pursuit of Thinness

Ph.D. Margo Maine (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010 | Second Edition
288 Seiten
Gurze Books (Verlag)
978-0-936077-58-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This book pioneered the term "father hunger" the emptiness, and resulting food and body image disorders, experienced by women whose fathers were physically or emotionally absent. Based on ten years of further study, this second edition of Father Hunger details the origins of the syndrome and its effect on the family, with new practical solutions to help dads and daughters understand and improve their relationships. An expanded section for educators and therapists offers strategies and techniques for preventing and treating this complex problem.

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"e;Father Hunger"e; is the emptiness experienced by women whose fathers were physically or emotionally absenta void that leads to unrealistic body image, yo-yo dieting, food fears and disordered eating patterns. The term, which is now part of the psychology lexicon, originated with the first edition of this work in 1991. After having completed a decade's worth of further investigation, Dr. Maine has updated the information about men and their daughters in this second edition. She offers a new crash course on being a girl in today's culture, based on her expertise as a leading eating disorders prevention advocate. This edition describes the origins of father hunger and its effect on the family, with even more practical solutions to help fathers and daughters understand and improve their relationships. Also included is an expanded section for educators and therapists to help them more effectively prevent and treat the problems that occur between dads and daughters.

Autor

Margo Maine, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, author, lecturer, and activist specializing in eating disorders prevention and treatment. The first edition of her book added the term "father hunger" to the psychology lexicon. She is also the author of an activist's guidebook, Body Wars: Making Peace With Women's Bodies. Dr. Maine is a past-president of the National Eating Disorders Association, which sponsors Eating Disorders Awareness Week; is a Senior Editor of EATING DISORDERS: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention; and has been a keynote lecturer at many professional conferences throughout the United States. She has had a clinical practice in West Hartford, CT for over 20 years.Craig Johnson, Ph.D. is one of the world's foremost authorities on eating disorders. The author of several books and professional articles, he is the founding editor of the International Journal of Eating Disorders.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.2010
• Vorwort: Craig Johnson
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Ernährung / Diät / Fasten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychosomatik
• Schlagworte: absent dads • absent fathers • Adolescent Development • dads and daughters • eating disorders prevention • fathers and daughters • positive body image • resilient girls
• ISBN-10: 0-936077-58-1 / 0936077581
• ISBN-13: 978-0-936077-58-1 / 9780936077581