Eating disorders
Subtitle: a guide to medical care and complications
By: Philip S. Mehler and Arnold E. Andersen.
Contributors: Andersen, Arnold E.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780801893681; 9780801893698
Subjects: Eating disorders -- Complications; Eating disorders -- Treatment; Eating Disorders -- therapy; Eating Disorders -- complications
Other titles: Eating disorders.
Description: From the Publisher: Eating disorders present diagnostic and treatment challenges to clinicians. While such disorders need both medical and psychological treatment, patients may be too medically ill for a thorough psychiatric evaluation and may be misunderstood by many primary care physicians. In this revised and updated edition of Eating Disorders, Philip S. Mehler and Arnold E. Andersen provide a user-friendly and comprehensive guide for primary care physicians, mental health professionals, and others who encounter individuals with the problem. Mehler and Andersen identify common medical complications that people who have eating disorders face and answer questions about how to treat them. They also cover such serious complications as osteoporosis, cardiac arrhythmia, electrolyte abnormalities, immune compromise, and gastrointestinal sequelae. Incorporating case studies, medical background on the complications, suggestions for diagnosis and treatment, and a list of selected references, chapters cover important topics including team treatment and nutritional rehabilitation. The authors also address special areas of concern, such as athletes who have eating disorders and the pharmacologic treatment of obesity. Mehler and Andersen encourage close medical follow-up for patients who have eating disorders. This book will help primary care and mental health professionals to understand and to more effectively address the complex concerns of patients with eating disorders.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Eating disorders : a guide to medical care and complications / edited by Philip S. Mehler and Arnold E. Andersen. 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders in primary care medicine; title: Team treatment : a multidisciplinary approach; title: Medical evaluation of patients who have eating disorders : an overview; title: Nutritional rehabilitation : practical guidelines for refeeding patients who have anorexia nervosa; title: Evaluation and treatment of electrolyte abnormalities in patients who have eating disorders; title: Gastrointestinal complaints in patients who have eating disorders; title: Cardiac abnormalities in patients who have eating disorders, and their management; title: Osteoporosis and gynecological endocrinology; title: General endocrinology; title: Oral and dental complications; title: Athletes and eating disorders; title: Males who have eating disorders; title: Using medical information psychotherapeutically; title: Ethical conflicts in the care of patients who have anorexia nervosa; title: Medical information for nonmedical clinicians and educators.