Eating one's words, part II: The embodied mind and reflective function in anorexia nervosa - Theory

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 243-252

  Skårderud, Finn ^a,b,c  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Institute for Eating Disorders   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Embodiment; Mentalisation; Metaphor; Psychoanalysis

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; METAPHOR; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 33947412192     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.778     Document Type: Article

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