Eating Disorders and the TCC Library

from SIRS overview: "Eating disorders are long-term illnesses which are characterized by an obsession with food, diet and body-image issues and frequently occur with other mental illnesses such as depression. Some of the major eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder. These are in essence self-starvation, binging and purging, and binge-eating without purging. Symptoms of the disorders include unusual eating habits, excessive exercise, intense fear of gaining weight, eating excessively and eating alone. Recovery from eating disorders usually requires long-term treatment."

Books at the TCC Library

Understanding eating disorders : conceptual and ethical issues in the treatment of anorexia and bulimia nervosa by Simona Giordano

The psychology of eating : from healthy to disordered behavior by Jane Ogden

Too fat or too thin? : a reference guide to eating disorders by Cynthia R. Kalodner

The fasting girl : a true Victorian medical mystery by Michelle Stacey.

E-Books at the TCC Library

Life without Ed: how one woman declared independence from her eating disorder and how you can too by Jenni Schaefer

Videos & DVDs at the TCC Library

Beyond killing us softly: the impact of media images on women and girls

Eating disorders: causes, symptoms, and treatment

Eating disorders: new approaches to treatment

Thin at any cost: treating eating disorders

Websites

American Psychological Association: Eating Disorders http://www.apa.org/topics/topiceating.html

ANAD – National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders http://www.anad.org/site/anadweb/

Dying to be Thin: PBS - Nova

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/thin/

NIMH National Institute of Mental Health : Eating Disorders
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/Publicat/eatingdisorders.cfm

National Eating Disorders Association

http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

Databases with Special Collections

SIRS Leading Issues [on-campus link]

NewsBank Academic: Health: Diet & Nutrition - Eating Disorders [on-campus link]

CQ Researcher: 2/10/2006 Eating Disorders [on-campus link]