Selves that starve and suffocate: the continuum of eating disorders and dissociative phenomena

Recent reports suggest a link between eating disorders and dissociative phenomena. The author offers a psychodynamic perspective on this connection and proposes that these disorders may occur along a continuum. Viewing these conditions as related suggests that eating disorders, like dissociative disorders, may have not only self-destructive but also self-preserving aspects. The author explores treatment implications of this perspective.