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My Kid is Back

Empowering Parents to Beat Anorexia Nervosa

• By June Alexander, and Daniel Le Grange.

Published February 2010

My Kid is Back explains how family-based treatment can greatly reduce the severity of anorexia nervosa in children and adolescents, allowing the sufferer to return to normal eating patterns, and their families to return to normal family life. In this book ten families share their experiences of…
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Eating Disorders in Sport

• By Ron Thompson, and Roberta Sherman.

Published January 2010

Over the past fifteen years, there has been a great increase in the knowledge of eating disorders in sport and effective means of treatment. In this book, the authors draw on their extensive clinical experience to discuss how to identify, manage, treat, and prevent eating disorders in sport…
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The Clinician's Guide to Collaborative Caring in Eating Disorders

The New Maudsley Method

• Edited by Janet Treasure, Ulrike Schmidt and Pam Macdonald.

Published September 2009

Caring for a loved one with an eating disorder is a difficult task; carers often find it hard to cope, and this can contribute to the maintenance of the disorder. The Clinician's Guide to Collaborative Caring in Eating Disorders shows how active collaboration between professional and…
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Eating Disorders

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children and Young People

• By Simon G. Gowers, and Lynne Green.

Published March 2009

Eating disorders comprise a range of physical, psychological and behavioural features that often have an impact on social functioning and can invade most areas of the sufferer’s life. Although eating and weight disorders are common in children and adolescents, there is a scarcity of practical…
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Treating Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating

An Integrated Metacognitive and Cognitive Therapy Manual

• By Myra Cooper, Gillian Todd and Adrian Wells.

Published August 2008

Treating Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating explains how cognitive therapy can be used to treat those suffering from bulimia nervosa. The manual provides a step-by-step treatment guide, incorporating a number of case examples offering detailed explanations of the treatment process,…
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The Invisible Man

A Self-help Guide for Men With Eating Disorders, Compulsive Exercise and Bigorexia

• By John F. Morgan.

Published February 2008

Increasingly boys and men are suffering with eating disorders and related body image problems. Some have full-blown conditions such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia, binge eating, compulsive exercising or bigorexia. Others are distressed by slightly lesser degrees of disordered eating or over-exercise…
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Handbook of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity Treatment

• Edited by William T. O'Donohue, Brie A. Moore and Barbara J. Scott.

Published December 2007

This volume brings together behavioral, medical, and public health approaches and provides the knowledge necessary for a wide range of practitioners to effectively address the current obesity epidemic among children and adolescents. The book addresses several themes in pediatric and adolescent…
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Skills-based Learning for Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder

The New Maudsley Method

• By Janet Treasure, Gráinne Smith and Anna Crane.

Published June 2007

Skills-based Learning for Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder equips carers with the skills and knowledge needed to support and encourage those suffering from an eating disorder, and to help them to break free from the traps that prevent recovery. Through a coordinated approach,…
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Eating Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence

3rd Edition

• Edited by Bryan Lask, Rachel Bryant-Waugh and Bryan Lask.

Published March 2007

In the third edition of this accessible and comprehensive book, Bryan Lask and Rachel Bryant-Waugh build on the research and expertise of the previous two editions. First published in 1993, this was the earliest book of its kind to explore eating disorders in people under 15, a population that is…
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Personality Disorders and Eating Disorders

Exploring the Frontier

• Edited by Randy A. Sansone, and John L. Levitt.

Published July 2006

Personality Disorders and Eating Disorders explores and defines the multifaceted relationship between these two fields in a cogent synthesis of prevalence, etiology, and treatment. The book brings together leading specialists in both fields, with a clinical focus on such topical issues as genetics,…
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