Handbook of treatment for eating disorders: Edited by David M. Garner and Paul E. Garfinkel

In this seminal work, leading clinicians and researchers present the major treatments for eating disorders, including cognitive-behavioral, educational, psychodynamic, feminist, family-based, and medical approaches. Therapeutic approaches are described in step-by-step detail and illustrated with extensive case material. Several chapters function as self-contained treatment manuals, enabling practitioners to easily learn and implement each model, as well as adapt it to suit the needs of individual patients. The volume also covers diagnosis, assessment, sequencing of treatments, and ways to manage frequently encountered co-occurring problems. The context for treatment. Anorexia nervosa : historical perpective on treatment -- The history of bulimia nervosa -- Diagnostic issues -- Assessment -- Sequencing and integration of treatments -- Cognitive-behavioral and educational approaches. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for bulimia nervosa -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy for anorexia nervosa -- Psychoeducational principles in treatment -- Nutritional counseling and supervised exercise -- Cognitive-behavioral body image therapy -- Psychodynamic, feminist, and family approaches. Eating disorders : a self-psychological perspective -- Consultation and therapeutic engagement in severe anorexia nervosa -- Anorexia nervosa as flight from growth : assessment and treatment based on the model -- Interpersonal psychotherapy for bulimia nervosa -- The etiology and treatment of body image disturbance -- Family therapy for anorexia nervosa -- Hospital and drug treatments. Inpatient treatment of anorexia nervosa -- Partial hospitalization -- Behavioral treatment to promote weight gain in anorexia nervosa -- Drug therapies -- Special topics in treatment. Managing medical complications -- Sexual abuse and other forms of trauma -- Management of substance abuse and dependence -- Management of patients with comorbid medical conditions -- Treatment of patients with personality disorders -- Addressing treatment refusal in anorexia nervosa -- Group psychotherapy -- Prepubertal eating disorders -- Adapting treatment for patients with binge-eating disorder -- Self-help and guided self-help for binge-eating problems.

In this seminal work, leading clinicians and researchers present the major treatments for eating disorders, including cognitive-behavioral, educational, psychodynamic, feminist, family-based, and medical approaches.

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A new edition of the handbook reflecting the massive surge of research and clinical advancement in the treatment of eating disorders. The 49 contributors present detailed treatment approaches and step-by-step blueprints for conducting therapy with case illustrations and examples of therapist-client dialogue, reviewing current diagnostic issues, assessment, cognitive-behavioral and educational insights (particularly in terms of bulimia nervosa), family system, psychodynamic, and feminist practices, hospital and drug treatments, and strategies for adapting treatment to deal with sexual and substance abuse, and personality disorders. The first edition appeared under the title Handbook of Psychotherapy for Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Updated to reflect recent DSM categorizations, this edition includes coverage of binge-eating disorder and examines pharmacological as well as psychotherapeutic approaches to treating eating disorders.