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Help-seeking characteristics of eating-disordered hotline callers: community based study
- Authors:
- LATZER Yael, GILAT Itzhak
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 31(4), 2005, pp.61-76.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study aimed to differentiate help-seeking characteristics of specific categories of Eating Disordered callers to an Israeli hotline. 32,835 calls received by the hotline centre during one year, yielded 196 Eating Disordered calls. Results revealed that Anorexia Nervosa was over-represented in hotline callers compared to its prevalence in the general population. Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa callers were characterised by a desire for counselling while Binge Eating Disorder callers, primarily expected emotional support. There was a high frequency of suicidal calls among the anorexia group. The significance of the anonymous hotline as a means of offering emotional help are discussed. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Comparative study of eating-related attitudes and psychological traits between Israeli-Arab and -Jewish schoolgirls
- Authors:
- LATZER Yael, TZISCHINSKY Orna, GERAISY Nabil
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 30(4), August 2007, pp.627-637.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
The aims of the study were to examine weight concerns, dieting and eating behaviours in a group of Israeli-Arab schoolgirls as compared with Israeli-Jewish schoolgirls, as well as to investigate the reliability of the Arabic (Palestinian) version of the eating disorder inventory-2 (EDI-2). The sample consisted of 2548 Israeli schoolgirls, including 1885 Jewish and 663 Arab adolescents ranging in age from 12 to 18. The study was conducted in 1998–2003 from urban and rural residential settings in the northern part of Israel. The (EDI-2) was the assessment tool used, yielding scores on 11 sub-scales. The Israeli-Arab schoolgirls scored significantly higher than the Israeli-Jewish schoolgirls in most EDI-2 sub-scales. In addition, the sub-scale inter-item consistency of the translated Arabic (Palestinian version) of the EDI-2 was found to be reliable. The drive to be thin found among Israeli Arab schoolgirls is not reflected in their small number of ED clinic referrals. These discrepancies are discussed in light of the socio-cultural changes currently taking place in the Israeli Arab population due to the influence of Western-oriented life in Israel.
Autistic patterns: managing the "black hole" in eating disorders
- Authors:
- LATZER Yael, GERZI Shmuel
- Journal article citation:
- Psychoanalytic Social Work, 7(3), 2000, pp.29-55.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Over the last three decades, researchers have tried to identify the etiology of eating disorders. In examining the connections between different types of self-and -body dissatisfaction evident in eating disorders, the psychodynamic approach is the most feasible. Implicated are deficits of the self, unresolved problems in separation-individuation and self-definition, and the difficulty in expressing need - called the "black hole". This article presents three case studies of anorexia, bulimia, and obesity and compares them through the ability to express neediness. Basic terms from the research of others are used to explain the dynamics related to the capacity to express need, as exemplified in the different types of eating disorders.