Provides a framework and a range of tools for assessing patients with eating disorders. This book describes the nuts and bolts of using diagnostic interviews, standardized databases, structured instruments, self-report and family-based measures, medical and nutritional assessment, and strategies for evaluating body image disturbance.

Presents the research and applied practice to address various issues relating to sport and eating disorders. This book looks at the underlying factors behind the development of disordered eating. It considers evaluation, diagnosis and treatment across a wide range of sports and assesses the various types of treatment available.

A practical guide to setting up, staffing and running eating disorders services. It offers guidance and advice based on the experience of the eating disorder service at the Royal Free, which does not have specialised beds, but which is nevertheless considered to offer one of the best services in the UK.

Most patients who develop the eating disorders are frightened of gaining weight. The disordered eating can be viewed as a pathological reaction to this fear and a distorted attempt to establish control of body weight. This book focuses on the place of drugs in the treatment of both sets of illnesses. It addresses the science of eating behavior.

It is estimated that as many as 1.15 million people in Britain suffer with an eating problem. Girls and women are 10 times more likely to suffer from eating disorders. Meanwhile, more than 1 in 4 children aged 2-10 is overweight or obese.

Written from a psychotherapist's perspective, Geraldine Shipton's guide provides an authoritative and practical introduction to therapeutic work with patients suffering from a wide range of eating disorders. This includes severe forms of the condition such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia.

Binge eating disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder among men and women. This book centers on binge eating, which consists of episodes of uncontrollable overeating, followed by compensatory behavior (purging, fasting, heavy exercising). It explains the differences between binge eating and bulimia nervosa behaviors.

The abundance of food in the developed countries of the world has seemingly spawned an epidemic of disorders connected to the food. This book gathers research from leading scientists throughout the world which offers important information on understanding the underlying causes and discovering the most effective treatments for eating disorders.

The abundance of food in the developed countries of the world has seemingly spawned an epidemic of disorders connected to the food. This book gathers research from leading scientists throughout the world which offers important information on understanding the underlying causes and discovering the most effective treatments for eating disorders.

Presents the research and applied practice to address the key issues relating to sport and eating disorders. This book looks at the underlying factors behind the development of disordered eating. It considers evaluation, diagnosis and treatment across a wide range of sports and assesses the various types of treatment available.

Illustrates a variant of the standard cognitive treatment for eating disorders. This book discusses the psychopathological roles played by control and worry in eating disorders. It describes the therapeutic protocol, focusing on the treatment of the cognitive factors of control and worry as core factor of a psychotherapy of eating disorders.

A practical guide to setting up, staffing and running eating disorders services. It offers guidance and advice based on the experience of the eating disorder service at the Royal Free, which does not have specialised beds, but which is nevertheless considered to offer one of the best services in the UK.

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Explores eating disorders in people under 15. This book covers areas of research and practice such as eating disorders and the brain nutrition and refeeding motivational approaches. It offers the reader knowledge, perception and understanding of this challenging patient group. It is useful for parents of children suffering from eating disorders.

Explores the clinical challenge of long-term eating disorders and examines the physical and psychological problems, family issues and difficulties in day-to-day living that patients with SEED can experience. This book discusses treatment approaches including Rehabilitation Eating Disorders Psychiatry.

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