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4 Responses to “Why don’t the new psychology books list binge eating disorder or compulsive overeating disorder in them?”
I always thought it was weird that they could lock up people with anorexia nervosa and force feed them, but COE/BED people can eat until they’re 1,000 pounds and their heart attack isn’t legally punishable.
It takes somewhere between 5 to 10 years for textbooks to start including “new” stuff.
Parrtly because they want a lot of professors or school districts to order that book – so they don’t want to put in anything controversial.
Once you are in a field, such a psych, you learn to rely on the professional journals for the changes and new stuff.
an emaciated person pushing food away can have either problem. Many of these clients have both problems. They have problems that are involved in other areas where eating disorders are a symptom of other problems
Just have the wrong text! I am using a new one this year for my classes, both are including, along with alot of other things considered “controversial”. I change text books yearly. This one actually has a publication date of 2009, but is out now. You can add to your info base: apa.org lots of info there …has its own search engine for the latest research. Don’t be afraid to bring up things in class! Have fun and good luck this year! (college psych prof)
December 29th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Josephine Meneses
How would the junk food companies make any money?
I always thought it was weird that they could lock up people with anorexia nervosa and force feed them, but COE/BED people can eat until they’re 1,000 pounds and their heart attack isn’t legally punishable.
December 31st, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Norman Mccrea
It takes somewhere between 5 to 10 years for textbooks to start including “new” stuff.
Parrtly because they want a lot of professors or school districts to order that book – so they don’t want to put in anything controversial.
Once you are in a field, such a psych, you learn to rely on the professional journals for the changes and new stuff.
January 1st, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Stella Thurmond
an emaciated person pushing food away can have either problem. Many of these clients have both problems. They have problems that are involved in other areas where eating disorders are a symptom of other problems
January 1st, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Jeannette Crumb
Just have the wrong text! I am using a new one this year for my classes, both are including, along with alot of other things considered “controversial”. I change text books yearly. This one actually has a publication date of 2009, but is out now. You can add to your info base: apa.org lots of info there …has its own search engine for the latest research. Don’t be afraid to bring up things in class! Have fun and good luck this year! (college psych prof)