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Handbook of Eating Disorders [Hardcover]

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This second edition of the Handbook of Eating Disorders offers a comprehensive, critical account of the whole field of eating disorders, incorporating both basic knowledge and a synthesis of the most recent developments in the area.

Many of the important developments in recent years are reflected in this expanded volume such as the basic science of appetite control, the discovery of leptin and the knowledge about the neurotramsmitters involved in eating.

An invaluable review of scientific knowledge and approaches to treatment of eating disorders from anorexia nervosa to obesity.
* Covers basic concepts and science, clinical considerations of definition and assessment, and treatment approaches
* Focuses on newer developments in research and treatment
* Reflects evidence-based approaches to treatment as a guide to best practice
* Includes many new chapters and authors who represent the most authoritative scientists and clinicians worldwide
  • Hardcover: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 2d Edition edition (March 14, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0471497681
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471497684
  • Product Dimensions: 1.3 x 7 x 9.4 inches
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Handbook of Eating Disorders

About the Editors.


Contributors.


Preface.


Preface to the First Edition.


1. Concepts of Eating Disorders (Bob Palmer).


2. Epidemiology (Daphne van Hoeken, Jacob Seidell and Hans Wijbrand Hoek).


3. Genetic Aetiology of Eating Disorders & Obesity (Elizabeth Winchester and David Collier).


4. Biology of Appetite and Weight Regulations (Frances Connan and Sarah Stanley).


5. Basic Neuroscience and Scanning (Martina de Zwaan).


6. Attachment and Childhood Development (Anne Ward and Simon Gowers).


7. Cognitive and Behavioral Models (Roz Shafran and Padmal de Silva).


8. Sociocultural Models (Mervat Nasser and Melanie Katzman).


9. Psychological Factors (Lucy Serpell and Nicholas Troop).


10. Medical Complications (Stephen Zipfel, Bernd Lowe and Wolfgang Herzog).


11. Family, Burden of Care and Social Consequences (Søren Nielsen and Núria Bara-Carril)


12. Treatment Overview (Janet Treasure and Ulrike Schmidt).


13. Motivation (Beatrice Bauer and Janet Treasure ).


14. Cognitive Behavioural Treatments (Glenn Waller and Helen Kennerley).


15. Interpersonal Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Eating Disorders (Denise Wilfley, Rick Stein and Robinson Welch).


16. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (Bob Palmer and Helen Birchall).


17. Cognitive Analytic Therapy (Claire Tanner and Frances Connan).


18. Family Interventions (Ivan Eisler, Daniel leGrange and Eia Asen).


19. Drug Treatments (Tijs Bruna and Jaap Fogteloo).


20. Eating Disorder Services (Lorna Richards).


21. Day Treatments (Paul Robinson).


22. In-patient Treatment (Anthony Winston and Peter Webster).


23. Eating Disorders Males (Manfred Fichter and Krenn Heidelinde).


24. Athletes and Dancers (Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen, Fin Skarderud and Sheelagh Rodgers).


25. Comorbitity of Diabetes Mellitus (Stephen Herpetz and Søren Nielsen).


26. Children and Young Adolescents (Dasha Nicholls and Rachel Bryant-Waugh).


27. From Prevention to Health Promotion (Runi Borrensen and Jan Rosenvinge).


28. Early Identification (Greta Noordenbos).


Index.

In this second edition of the "Handbook of eating disorders" every chapter has been revised and rewritten with several new additional chapters in order to bring an up-to-date book on research and clinical experience in this field.
The editors Janet Treasure and Ulrike Schmidt are affiliated with Guys Hospital and Maudsley Hospital in London, while Eric van Furth is affiliated with the National Centre for Eating Disorders in the Netherlands. The 52 contributors are an all European group, except for five American researchers.
The book has 28 extensive chapters on the whole spectrum of eating disorders from anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa to obesity. Each chapter has a logic structure with recent research and extensive references that will be useful for both the researcher and clinician. The chapter on children and adolescents is written by two professionals from the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London with useful information on diagnosis, assessment and management.
This book gives a current review of eating disorders that will be useful for every professional working in this field.

Professor Joav Merrick, MD
Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and Medical director, Division for Mental Retardation, ...

By Joav Merrick
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