Eating, Sleeping, and Sex: Perspectives in Behavioral Medicine

by Albert J. Stunkard (Editor), Andrew S. Baum (Editor)

The lack of balance and the failure of regulation in life has traditionally been recognized in such extreme symbolic acts as overconscientiousness or a criminal lack of conscience. This volume shows how the neurotic process affects biologic functions, distorting natural functioning. Three distinct functions and their respective extremes are discussed: eating (obesity, bulimia nervosa), sleeping (insomnia, excessive somnolence), and sex (hypersexuality including child molestation, hyposexuality including inhibited sexual desires).

272 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1989