Overview

In a society that strives for appearance, fitness is increasingly viewed as a means to reach a certain aesthetic ideal, rather than a way to improve health and physical performance. Every day millions of posts appear on social media promoting a visual representation of apparently fit, healthy and 'perfect' bodies. Combining personal accounts, clinical cases, and scientific research, this book explores how such new trends in society can lead to the development of exercise addiction and body image disorders. It explains how such a concern with physical appearance can act as a precursor or be symptomatic of other conditions, such as eating disorders, mood disorders, and the use of performance and image enhancing drugs. It highlights throughout the importance of raising awareness amongst health professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses, social workers and primary care physicians, of this growing challenge to prevent harm and improve treatment.

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'This book is a relatively easy-to-read overview of exercise addiction and associated psychiatric conditions that may be visible but not necessarily identified or targeted for treatment. It will help clinicians recognize and address these disorders in patients they are treating for other conditions, particularly those in the sports and fitness industry.' Michael Easton, Doody's Reviews

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Ornella Corazza is a Professor of Addiction Science at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. Here she leads multidisciplinary teams looking at drugs and other behavioural addictions. She is the President of the International Society for the Study of Emerging Drugs (ISSED) and serves as an expert advisor for national policy makers as well as international bodies, such as the United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime, the European Monitoring Agency for Drug and Drug Addictions, and the World Anti-Doping Agency. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal for Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health. Artemisa Rocha Dores is a Coordinator Professor of Psychology at the School of Health, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal. She is also a researcher at the Rehabilitation Research Center of the Polytechnic of Porto and at the Neuropsychophysiology Laboratory, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto. She is a member of the supervisory board of the Portuguese Society of Neuropsychology (SNPsy).

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