Cognitive—Behavioral Treatment of Body-Image Disturbances

Abstract

purpose of this chapter is to enhance the understanding of body image, its dysfunctions, and their assessment and treatment / provides . . . conceptual and empirical foundations for clinicians working with a range of clients experiencing body-image problems / delineates a step-by-step program of cognitive-behavioral body-image therapy body-image concepts: past and present / epidemiology of body dissatisfaction / body images and psychopathology / body-image disturbances and other psychological difficulties / body-image disturbances among obese and other physically stigmatized populations / development of a negative body image / review of body-image treatment studies / cognitive-behavioral body-image therapy program (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)