Body Shame: Conceptualisation, Research and Treatment

by Gilbert; Paul

• ISBN13: 9781583911655
• ISBN10: 1583911650
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Physical appearance plays a powerful role in social relationships. Those who feel shame regarding the way they look and who think others view their appearance negatively, can be vulnerable to impoverished social relationships and to a range of psychological difficulties. There are few books which look specifically at the many permutations of body shame and their differing treatments. However, in this book,Body Shame: Conceptualization, Research and Treatment, researchers and therapists from a wide range of different disciplines and areas explore the role of shame in various physical and psychological disorders. They also provide practical advice on management and treatment. Chapters are organized to address issues of conceptualization, assessment and treatment on topics such as: * definitional controversies * possible biopsychosocial and evolutionary origins of body shame * effects on adjustment to maturation and aging process * specific forms of disfigurement * the role of body shame indepression, eating disorders and body dismorphic disorder Body Shamegives the reader a deeper insight into the nature and mechanisms of shame, how it can focus on the body, how it can underlie a variety of psychological difficulties and how intervention can help resolve it. This book will be invaluable for practitioners from different disciplines working with people who have problems centered on their physical appearance and/or functions, and to clinicians working with various mental health problems.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Acknowledgements	x
Preface	xi
PART I Introduction	1	(116)
Body shame: A biopsychosocial conceptualisation and overview with treatment implications	3	(52)
Paul Gilbert
Body shame in childhood and adolescence: Relations to general psychological functioning and eating disorders	55	(20)
Stefanie C. Gilbert
J. Kevin Thompson
Shame and the ageing body	75	(15)
Kevin J. McKee
Merryn Gott
Body shame: Issues of assessment and measurement	90	(13)
Anthony T. Carr
The development and maintenance of shame in disfigurement: Implications for treatment	103	(14)
Gerry Kent
Andrew R. Thompson
PART II Body shame and disfigurement	117	(86)
Psoriasis: The role of shame on quality of life	119	(16)
Jeremy Miles
Shame-fused acne: A biopsychosocial conceptualisation and treatment rationale	135	(20)
Stephen Kellett
Shame and burns	155	(16)
Geraldine Coughlan
Alex Clarke
Body shame in children who have bowel disorders	171	(15)
Ann-Sophie Ekstromer
Prostate cancer and body shame with special regard to sexual functioning	186	(17)
Gabrielle Lodnert
PART III Body shame and psychological disorders	203	(80)
Blushing, shame and social anxiety	205	(14)
W. Ray Crozier
Eating disorders, shame and pride: A cognitive-behavioural functional analysis	219	(37)
Kenneth Goss
Paul Gilbert
Body shame and abuse in childhood	256	(11)
Bernice Andrews
Shame in body dysmorphic disorder	267	(16)
David Veale
Index	283