Body Image: A Handbook of Science Practice and Prevention

About this book

The standard reference for practitioners researchers and students this acclaimed work brings together internationally recognized experts from diverse mental health medical and allied health care disciplines. Contributors review established and emerging theories and findings; probe questions of culture gender health and disorder; and present evidence-based assessment treatment and prevention approaches for the full range of body image concerns. Capturing the richness and complexity of the field in a readily accessible format each of the 53 concise chapters concludes with an informative annotated bibliography. New to This Edition Addresses the most urgent current questions in the field. Reflects significant advances in key areas: assessment body image in boys and men obesity illness-related body image issues and cross-cultural research. Conceptual Foundations section now incorporates evolutionary genetic and positive psychology perspectives. Increased coverage of prevention.