The essential handbook of eating disorders / edited by Janet Treasure, Ulrike Schmidt and Eric van Furth.
Contributor(s): Treasure, Janet
| Schmidt, Ulrike | Furth, Eric van.
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BookPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2005Description: xii, 238 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0470014636.Other title: Eating disorders.Subject(s): Eating disorders -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 616.8526
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This is a concise paperback version of the authoritative and comprehensive Handbook of Eating Disorders, Second Edition, focusing on the most practical elements from that volume. Ideal for the individual practitioner, this selection of chapters concentrates on the main therapeutic approaches in use, including cognitive behavioural treatments, interpersonal psychotherapy, family interventions, dialectical behaviour therapy and drug treatments.
Indispensable for those working in the eating disorders field, such as clinical psychologists, child psychologists, family therapists, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, social workers and occupational therapists. The Essential Handbook of Eating Disorders will also be of interest to researchers, lecturers and those in training in the field.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Concepts of Eating Disorders
- Chapter 2 Epidemiology
- Chapter 3 Cognitive-Behavioural Models
- Chapter 4 Medical Complications
- Chapter 5 Family, Burden of Care and Social Consequences
- Chapter 6 Treatment Overview
- Chapter 7 Assessment and Motivation
- Chapter 8 Cognitive-Behavioural Treatments
- Chapter 9 Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Chapter 10 Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Chapter 11 Family Interventions
- Chapter 12 Drug Treatments
- Chapter 13 Day Treatments
- Chapter 14 Inpatient Treatment
- Index
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Janet Treasure, Department of Psychiatry, Guys Hospital, London, United KingdomProfessor Treasure is a psychiatrist who has specialised in the treatment of eating disorders for over 20 years. She trained with Professor Gerald Russell at the Maudsley hospital and the Institute of Psychiatry. The clinic provides treatment for a population of 2 million in south-east London and is a national referral centre. The unit is active in research and development.
Ulrike Schmidt, Section of Eating Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom
Dr Ulrike Schmidt is a Consultant Psychiatrist in the Eating Disorders Unit at the Maudsley Hospital and Reader in Eating Disorders at the Institute of Psychiatry. Her research interests include all aspects of eating disorders, but in particular brief psychological and self-help treatments. She has co-authored two self-help books and accompanying clinicians' guides.
Eric van Furth, Robert-Fleury Stichting, national Centre for Eating Disorders, The Netherlands
Dr Eric van Furth is a psychologist-Psychotherapist in the National Centre for Eating Disorders at the Robert-Fleury Stichting (Robert-Fleury Foundation), a general psychiatric hospital in Leidschendam, The Netherlands. he is Honorary Lecturer at the Department of Psychiatry of Leiden University and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry at St. George's Hospital Medical School, London (UK).