The essential handbook of eating disorders
By: edited by Janet Treasure, Ulrike Schmidt, Eric van Furth
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780470014776
Subjects: Psychopathology; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-HELP; Eating disorders; Handbooks, manuals; Eating Disorders
Other titles: Eating disorders
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: The Essential Handbook of Eating Disorders; Contents; 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