Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION
SECTION I: BIOMEDICAL ASPECTS
Chapter 1. ENDOCRINE ALTERATIONS IN ANOREXIA NERVOSA, pp. 3-30
(A. Mancini, V. Di Donna, E. Leone, E. Giacchi)
Chapter 2. ANOREXIA NERVOSA AND CYTOKINES, pp. 31-49
(A. Mancini, E. Leone, V. Di Donna, R. Festa)
Chapter 3. AMENORRHEA IN ANOREXIA NERVOSA, pp. 51-73
(E. Giacchi, E. Leone, V. Di Donna, A. Mancini)
Chapter 4: ANOREXIA NERVOSA: MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS, pp. 75-85
(A. Bianchi, F. Veltri, L. Tartaglione, L. Tilaro, L. De Marinis)
Chapter 5: NUTRITION IN ANOREXIA NERVOSA, pp. 87-95
(P. Meniconi, A. Giraldi, M. Magini, E. Meucci, G.E. Martorana)
SECTION II: PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
Chapter 6: INFANTILE ANOREXIA, pp. 99-113
(S. Daini, L. Petrongolo, L. Bernardini)
Chapter 7: ANOREXIA AND PARENTS, pp. 115-134
(S.Daini, C.Panetta)
Chapter 8: TREATING ANOREXIA IN STATE OF EMERGENCY, pp. 135-148
(S. Daini, L. Bernardini, L. Petrongolo)
Chapter 9: THE LOGOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACH: AN ANTHOPLOGICALLY-FOUNDED METHOD, pp. 149-157
(A. Mancini, R. Festa)
SECTION III: PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS
Chapter 10: ANOREXIA NERVOSA: ETHICAL ISSUES, pp. 161-171
(M.L. Di Pietro, A.Virdis, D. Moltisanti)
Chapter 11: SOMATIC SEMANTICS: ANOREXIA AND THE NATURE OF MEANING, pp. 173-186
(L.Caruana)
Chapter 12: ANOREXIA NERVOSA: A CASE OF SELF-DECEPTION?, pp. 187-201
(M. Sultana)
Chapter 13: NIETZSCHE’S ASCETIC IDEAL AND THE ANOREXIC CONDITION, pp. 203-223
(T. Walsh)
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