EATING DISORDRS SRCBK 3E

3. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-07-147685-0
Verlag: McGraw-Hill

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 510 g

Sound, sensitive advice for overcoming an eating disorderAnorexia, bulimia, binge eating, exercise addictions. these disorders can be devastating, but they are in no way unbeatable. Therapist Carolyn Costin, herself recovered from anorexia, brings three decades of experience and the newest research in the field together, providing readers with the latest treatments, from medication and behavioral therapy to alternative remedies.Whether you are living with an eating disorder or you are a loved one or professional helping someone who is, The Eating Disorder Sourcebook will help you: - Recognize and identify eating disorders - Discover and work with the underlying causes of an eating disorder - Make the right choices when comparing treatment options - Understand what is expected in individual, group, and family therapy - Know when outpatient treatment is not enough and what else can be done

Autoren/Hrsg.

Costin

Costin, Carolyn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Sachbuch, Ratgeber

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction1. From Diet to Disorder: Problems and Prognosis2. Young, White, and Female: Myth or Reality?3. Activity Disorder: When a Good Thing Goes Bad4. Genes or Jeans: What Causes Eating Disorders?5. Eating Disorder Behaviors are Adaptive Functions6. Assessing the Situation7. Treatment Philosophy and Approaches8. Individual Therapy: Putting the Eating Disorder out of a Job9. Sharing the Pain and the Promise in Group10. Enough About Your Mother, What did You have to Eat Today?11. Medical Assessment and Management12. The Psychiatrist’s Role and Psychotropic Medication13. When Outpatient Treatment is Not Enough14. Alternative Approaches to Eating Disorders15. To Those Who Love Them: Guidelines for Significant Others16. Increasing Awareness and PreventionAppendices

Über Autor(innen)

Costin, Carolyn
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Carolyn Costin, M.A., M.Ed., M.F.T., has been a specialist in the field of eating disorders for nearly thirty years. She directs the Monte Nido Residential Treatment Facility in Malibu, California, and all of its affiliates. She is also the clinical advisor to the Parent Family Network of the National Eating Disorder Association and an editor of Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention.