Understanding Anorexia Nervosa in Males

Tom Wooldridge, Psy.D. is an assistant professor at Golden Gate University, where he chairs the Psychology Department. He is also an Executive Director at the National Association for Males with Eating Disorders (NAMED), a member of the editorial board of Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, and publishes widely on eating disorders, particularly as they manifest in males, as well as other topics including pro-anorexia forums and the uses of technology in psychoanalytic treatment. He is a candidate at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California and in private practice in Berkeley, California.

List of Figures Foreword by Leigh Cohn, MAT, CEDS Foreword by Roberto Olivardia, PhD Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. An Integrative Approach 3. Diagnosis, Engagement, and Alliance 4. The Systemic Metaframework 5. The Biological Metaframework 6. The Cultural Metaframework 7. Expanding into Cyberspace 8. The Psychodynamic Metaframework 9. The Spiritual Metaframework 10. Clinical Application