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Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit.skin and φαγείαlit.eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit.biting) [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers.
Good Girls: A story and study of anorexia is a 2023 autobiographical memoir written by Hadley Freeman, and published by Fourth Estate for HarperCollins. The book explores Freeman's struggles with anorexia nervosa from age 14 to 17, and subsequently with obsessive–compulsive disorder and addiction to cocaine. [1] It was also published in the United States by Simon & Schuster. [2] A paperback ...
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia is an autobiography written by Marya Hornbacher, detailing her fourteen-year battle with eating disorders. [1] Published by HarperCollins in 1997, Wasted was a critical and commercial success. The author's young age (she wrote the book at the age of 21) surprised many readers, and the memoir was praised for its maturity and candor.
The book calls into question the mental healthcare system in The United States and the financial cost of such care as a barrier to sufferers of issues like eating disorders. Letting Ana Go was published under various imprints of Simon & Schuster in 2013.
The cognitive behavioral treatment of eating disorders emphasizes on the minimization of negative thoughts about body image and the act of eating, and attempts to alter negative and harmful behaviors that are involved in and perpetuate eating disorders. [2] It also encourages the ability to tolerate negative thoughts and feelings as well as the ...
About 12% of children are clinically addicted to food, predominantly ultraprocessed food, according to research. Here is what their lives are like.
This is a list of notable self-help books . See also
Billie Jean King is trying weight loss medication to address her binge eating disorder (BED), revealing on the April 24 episode of actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s Wiser Than Me podcast that it was ...