Eating disorders and obesity
By: guest editors, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Johannes Hebebrand ; consulting editor, Harsh K. Trivedi
Series: Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America -- v. 18, no. 1; Child and adolscent psychiatric clinics of North America -- v. 18, no. 1.
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781437704587
Subjects: Eating disorders in children; Eating disorders in adolescence; Obesity in children; Obesity in adolescence; Feeding and Eating Disorders; In infancy & childhood; In adolescence; Obesity; Pediatric Obesity
Description: Two very important topics in infants, children and adolescents are brought together in this one issue: eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia) and obesity. The issue is divided into four sections: clinical aspects, etiology and neurobiology, treatment and prevention, and outcome.
Notes: "January 2009."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword: too little-too much-just right / Harsh K. Trivedi; title: Preface / Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Johannes Hebebrand; title: Section I: Diagnostic Concerns; title: Diagnostic issues in eating disorders and obesity / Johannes Hebebrand; title: Eating disorders of infancy and childhood: definition, symptomatology, epidemiology, and comorbidity / Dasha Nicholls, Rachel Bryant-Waugh; title: Adolescent eating disorders: definitions, symptomatology, epidemiology and comorbidity / Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann; title: Psychological and psychiatric aspects of pediatric obesity / Johannes Hebebrand, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann; title: Section II: Etiologic and Neurobiologic Findings; title: Environmental and genetic risk factors for eating disorders: what the clinician needs to know / Suzanne E. Mazzeo, Cynthia M. Bulik; title: Environmental and genetic risk factors in obesity / Johannes Hebebrand, Anke Hinney; title: Neuroimaging in eating disorders and obesity: implications for research / Frederique Van den Eynde, Janet Treasure; title: Leptin-mediated neuroendocrine alterations in anorexia nervosa: somatic and behavioral implications / Timo D. Müller, Manuel Föcker, Kristian Holtkamp, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Johannes Hebebrand; title: Section III: Treatment Modalities; title: Overview of treatment modalities in adolescent anorexia nervosa / Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Harriet Salbach-Andrae; title: Cognitive behavioral approaches in adolescent anorexia and bulimia nervosa / U. Schmidt; title: Family interventions in adolescent anorexia nervosa / Daniel le Grange, Ivan Eisler; title: Pharmacotherapy for eating disorders and obesity / Pauline S. Powers, Heidi Bruty; title: Evidence-based behavioral treatment of obesity in children and adolescents / Laura Stewart, John J. Reilly, Adrienne R. Hughes; title: Preventing eating disorders / Heather Shaw, Eric Stice, Carolyn Black Becker; title: Obesity prevention in children and adolescents / Boyd Swinburn; title: Outcome of eating disorders / Hans-Christoph Steinhausen.