(Brunner/Mazel Eating Disorders Monograph Series.) Edited by Allan S. Kaplan and Paul E. Garfinkel. 256 pp. New York, Brunner/Mazel, 1993. $30.95. ISBN 0-87630-681-4.
Medical Issues and the Eating Disorders nicely fills a nichein the medical literature by lucidly and comprehensively presentingthe most common medical problems associated with anorexia nervosaand bulimia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa, first described at leastthree centuries ago, was initially seen as a medical disorderand treated with potions, pills, and powders. Until fairly recently,it was sometimes discussed in medical textbooks in the sectionon endocrinology. Gradually, a more psychological approach toanorexia nervosa emerged. In addition, bulimia nervosa, a syndromefirst described in the 1970s, has been effectively treated bywell-documented empirical psychotherapeutic techniques. As a. . . [Full Text of this Article]
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