Book Description:
This is a book that attempts to propose itself as a new trigger in the wide world of anorexia nervosa. The originality of its proposal consists in approaching anorexia nervosa, not only by endocrinological and psychological perspectives, but also by anthropological, philosophical and ethical point of view. In this way it’s not only an update of specific literature, but also an integration with a new method to study this condition. The purpose of the book is to approach anorexia nervosa from different points of view, to reach a new interpretation which involves notions from biological and human sciences interpreted in a unique model and which could allow a new method of treatment.

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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)

Contributor List

CONCLUSION

Index