A Collaborative Approach to Eating Disorders.

While many aspects of eating disorders remain a mystery, there is growing evidence that collaboration is an essential element for treatment success. This book emphasises and explains the importance of family involvement as part of a unified team approach towards treatment and recovery. A Collaborati...

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Main Author: Alexander, June
Other Authors: Treasure, Janet
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & amp; Francis, 2011
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • A Collaborative Approachto Eating Disorders; Copyright; Contents; Notes of contributors; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Part 1 Understanding risk and resilience for eating disorders; Introduction; Chapter1 The family context: cause, effect or resource; Chapter2 The links between genes and the environment in the shaping of personality; Chapter3 Neurobiology explanations for puzzling behaviours; Chapter4 Emotions and empathic understanding: capitalizing on relationships in those with eating disorders; Chapter5 Modifiable risk factors that can be translated into prevention or resilience.
  • Chapter6 Obesity and eating disordersPart 2 Treatment creating a common language of care; Introduction; Chapter7 Physical effects of eating disorders; Chapter8 The role of nutrition: what has food got to do with it?; Chapter9 Pharmacotherapy of eating disorders; Chapter10 Psychotherapies in eating disorders; Chapter11 Families as an integral part of the treatment team: treatment culture and standard of care challenges; Chapter12 Effectively engaging the family in treatment; Chapter13 Involving carers: a skills-based learning approach.
  • Chapter14 The therapeutic alliance in cognitive behavioural therapy for adults with eating disordersChapter15 Integrating dialectical behaviour therapy and family-based treatment for multidiagnostic adolescent patients; Chapter16 Couples therapy for anorexia nervosa; Chapter17 Relapse prevention; Part 3 Clinical presentations of subgroups; Introduction; Chapter18 Childhood and adulthood: when do eating disorders start and do treatments differ?; Chapter19 Recognising and diagnosing early onset eating disorders; Chapter20 Food phobia of childhood; Chapter21 Unravelling binge eating disorder.
  • Chapter22 Eating disorders in women of African descentChapter23 Eating disorders and athletes; Chapter24 Male eating disorders; Part 4 Changing the culture; Introduction; Chapter25 Narrowing the psychotherapy research-practice gap; Chapter26 Why carers need to know about research; Chapter27 Promoting a full agenda of rights; Chapter28 The patient-family-clinician-researcher questfor quality care; Index.