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The addiction model in eating disorders: Some critical remarks and a selected bibliography
Author(s) -
Vandereycken Walter
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(199001)9:1<95::aid-eat2260090111>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - conceptualization , bulimia nervosa , analogy , addiction , psychology , eating disorders , psychotherapist , psychoanalysis , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , epistemology , philosophy , linguistics
The conceptualization of fairly new disorders such as bulimia (nervosa) is usually based on an analogy model. In that sense, bulimia has been interpreted on phenomenological grounds as being a form of addictive behavior. We discuss this assumption as well as its therapeutic implications.