Eating Disorders: Anatomy of a Social Epidemic, 2nd Edition

* Richard Gordon includes new information and discussion of the latest ideas in this rapidly growing research field.
* Provides accounts of the latest research on the epidemiological status of eating disorders and the subsequent debate that this work has engendered.
* Richard Gordon brings together historical and cultural perspectives, as well as his own clinical experience, in order to examine the sociocultural roots of this apparent epidemic.