Body shame : conceptualisation, research and treatment

In Body Shame: Conceptualisation, Research and Treatment, researchers and therapists from a wide range of different disciplines and areas explore the role of shame in various physical and psychological disorders, and provide practical advice on management and treatment.

Chapters are organised to address issues of conceptualisation assessment and treatment, on topics such as: definitional controversies biopsychosocial and evolutionary origins of body shame effects on adjustment of maturation and ageing process specific forms of disfigurement the role of body shame in depression, eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder.

This book will be invaluable for practitioners from different disciplines working with people who have problems centred on their physical appearance and/or functions, and clinicians working with various mental health problems.

Bernice Andrews- Reader in Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham.Alex Clarke - Clinical Co-ordinator, Changing Faces (London W2) and Visiting Research Fellow, University of the West o