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Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Tony Jaffa, Phoenix Centre, Cambridge
Brett McDermott, University of Queensland
December 2006
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    Anorexia Nervosa and other eating disorders are arguably the most complex mental health problems that a child or adolescent may experience. Numbers seeking help are on the increase, and the complexity of these disorders challenges even the most experienced clinician. In this 2006 book, the experience of numerous practitioners with international reputations in the field is brought to bear on the broad range of issues a good clinician needs to know about, from the history of the disorder through to treatment, psychopharmacology, the psychotherapies, epidemiology, comorbidities, eating disorders in boys, and neuroimaging. The book is divided into parts detailing the scientific underpinnings, abnormal states, the evidence base for treatments, and finally public health issues, including service delivery models and perspectives on prognosis and outcomes. Clinicians encountering eating disorders will find this latest addition to the Cambridge Child and Adolescent Psychiatry series invaluable.

    • Broad coverage of current scientific literature: from genetics to family functioning
    • Broad coverage of interventions, including individual, family, medication therapy, and inpatient-, day-program and outpatient care
    • Emphasis on evidence from high quality research including rigorous treatment designs

    Reviews & endorsements

    'The book is pleasingly presented and … The introduction consists of a truly fascinating historical and developmental review, … The section on evidence-based care has useful reviews of acute and chronic medical complications, individual and family psychotherapies, … there is much of interest and value for those who wish to gain an overview of current knowledge of the many problems in this population, without having to delve into a voluminous text.' British Journal of Psychiatry

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    Product details

    December 2006
    Paperback
    9780521613125
    336 pages
    246 × 174 × 16 mm
    0.674kg
    10 b/w illus. 17 tables
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    Table of Contents

    • Part I. Introduction:
    • 1. Historical and current conceptualisations of eating disorders: a developmental perspective Mytilee Vemuri and Hans Steiner
    • Part II. Scientific Underpinnings:
    • 2. Regulation of food intake and body weight Julian Mercer
    • 3. The development of children's shape and weight concerns Andrew J. Hill
    • 4. Relation of dieting to eating pathology Eric Stice, Emily Burton, Michael Lowe and Meghan Butryn
    • 5. Physical and cognitive changes associated with puberty Victor M. Fornari and Ida F. Dancyger
    • 6. Genetic influences in the development of eating disorders Shani Leor, Orit Krispin and Alan Apter
    • 7. Epidemiology of eating disorders Søren Nielsen
    • 8. Neuroimaging Janet Treasure and Hans-Christoph Friederich
    • Part III. Abnormal States:
    • 9. Anorexia Nervosa in children and adolescents Rachel Bryant-Waugh
    • 10. Eating disorders in boys Brett McDermott
    • 11. Bingeing and Bulimia Nervosa in children and adolescents Leora Pinhas, Debra K. Katzman, Gina Dimitropoulos and Blake Woodside
    • 12. Selective eating and other atypical eating problems Dasha Nicholls and Tony Jaffa
    • 13. Comorbid anxiety and depression and the role of trauma in children and adolescents with eating disorders Timothy D. Brewerton
    • 14. Eating disorders in children with disabilities and chronic illness Peter B. Sullivan
    • 15. Childhood obesity Caroline Braet
    • Part IV. Evidence-Based Care:
    • 16. Assessment and treatment of acute medical complications during the refeeding process Carl Laird Birmingham
    • 17. Assessment and treatment of chronic medical complications Richard E. Kreipe
    • 18. Individual psychotherapy Phillipa P. J. Hay and Brett McDermott
    • 19. Evidence based family psychotherapy interventions James Lock and Jennifer Couturier
    • 20. Models of service delivery Simon Gowers and Lynne Green
    • 21. Psychopharmacology and eating disorders Kristine J. Steffen, James L. Roerig and James E. Mitchell
    • Part V. Public Health Perspectives:
    • 22. Longitudinal perspectives, outcome and prognosis Hans-Christoph Steinhausen
    • 23. Primary prevention of eating disorders Greta Noordenbos
    • 24. Strategies for secondary prevention Greta Noordenbos.
      Contributors
    • Mytilee Vemuri, Hans Steiner, Julian Mercer, Andrew J. Hill, Eric Stice, Emily Burton, Michael Lowe, Meghan Butryn, Victor M. Fornari, Ida F. Dancyger, Shani Leor, Orit Krispin, Alan Apter, Søren Nielsen, Janet Treasure, Hans-Christoph Friederich, Rachel Bryant-Waugh, Brett McDermott, Leora Pinhas, Debra K. Katzman, Gina Dimitropoulos, Blake Woodside, Dasha Nicholls, Tony Jaffa, Timothy D. Brewerton, Peter B. Sullivan, Caroline Braet, Carl Laird Birmingham, Richard E. Kreipe, Phillipa P. J. Hay, James Lock, Jennifer Couturier, Simon Gowers, Lynne Green, Kristine J. Steffen, James L. Roerig, James E. Mitchell, Hans-Christoph Steinhausen, Greta Noordenbos

    • Editor
    • Tony Jaffa , Phoenix Centre, Cambridge

      Tony Jaffa is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and the Clinical Director at the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, and is also an Associate Lecturer at the University of Cambridge.

    • Author
    • Brett McDermott , University of Queensland

      Brett McDermott is Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Queensland, and Director of the Mater Child & Youth Mental Health Service, Brisbane.