Humberto Lorenzo Persano

Exploring Eating Disorders Through Psychoanalysis

Unravelling the Psyche

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Produktbeschreibung

Exploring Eating Disorders through Psychoanalysis explores eating disorders as complex clinical conditions and uses psychoanalysis to explore the psychological factors behind them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 743g
• ISBN-13: 9781032724980
• ISBN-10: 1032724986
• Artikelnr.: 73582364

Autorenporträt

Humberto Lorenzo Persano is a psychiatrist at the School of Medicine in the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a professor of Mental Health and Psychiatry, and Psychology of Nutrition as well as holding the position of Director of the Institute of Clinical Psychiatry and Mental Health. He is a member of the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association, and a training analyst, supervisor, and child and adolescent psychoanalyst at the IPA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Historical Context of Eating Disorders
Chapter 3: Clinical manifestations of eating disorders
Chapter 4: Psychoanalytic Theory and Eating Disorders
Chapter 5: Unconscious Dynamics of Eating Disorders
Chapter 6: Early Development and Family Dynamics
Chapter 7: Transference and Countertransference
Chapter 8: Dream Analysis and Imagery in Eating Disorder Treatment
Chapter 9: Treatment Approaches in Psychoanalytic Therapy
Chapter 10: Beyond the Individual: Sociocultural Factors in Eating
Disorders
Chapter 11: Integration and Future Directions
Epilogue
Conclusion: The Journey Towards Healing