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Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders

NCJ Number
163634
Editor(s)
M F Schwartz, L Cohn
Date Published
1996
Length
238 pages
Annotation
These 15 papers examine the relationship between child sexual abuse and later eating disorders, with emphasis on the prevalence of sexual abuse among persons with eating disorders, trauma-based theory, false memory syndrome, and treatment techniques.
Abstract
An overview focuses on how a history of sexual assault can serve as a predictor of subsequent problem with food, social and cultural factors of concern, and future directions for prevention programs. Chapters on clinical perspectives review trauma-based theory, dissociation, and abreactive and ego-states therapy; the treatment of disturbance in body image; medical issues; the emerging sexual self of the person with an eating disorder; and effective treatment techniques. The final four chapters focus on controversies related to the process of revictimization, cultural issues, issues related to reenactment and trauma, and false memory syndrome. Tables, figures, chapter reference lists, and index