In an extensively revised new edition of the successful Anorexia and Bulimia, Richard Gordon includes new information and discussion of the latest ideas in this rapidly growing research field. The past two decades have witnessed an enormous increase in the number of cases of eating disorders in industrial societies.

Richard A. Gordon is Professor of Psychology at Bard College and is a practising clinical psychologist. He has published and lectured extensively on the subject of eating disorders and has treated anorexic and bulimic patients in clinical practice for the past 20 years.