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The eating disorder sourcebook : a comprehensive guide to the causes, treatments, and prevention of eating disorders / Carolyn Costin.

By: Publication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2007.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvi, 334 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0071476857 (pbk.)
  • 9780071476850 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.8526 COS
Contents:
From diet to disorder : problems and prognosis -- Young, white, and female : myth or reality? -- Activity disorder : when a good thing goes bad -- Genes or jeans : what causes eating disorders? -- Eating disorder behaviors are adaptive functions -- Assessing the situation -- Treatment philosophy and approaches -- Individual therapy : putting the eating disorder out of a job -- Sharing the pain and the promise in group -- Enough about your mother, what did you have to eat today? -- Medical assessment and management -- The psychiatrist's role and psychotropic medication -- When outpatient treatment is not enough -- Alternative approaches to eating disorders -- To those who love them : guidelines for significant others -- Increasing awareness and prevention.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-328) and index.

From diet to disorder : problems and prognosis -- Young, white, and female : myth or reality? -- Activity disorder : when a good thing goes bad -- Genes or jeans : what causes eating disorders? -- Eating disorder behaviors are adaptive functions -- Assessing the situation -- Treatment philosophy and approaches -- Individual therapy : putting the eating disorder out of a job -- Sharing the pain and the promise in group -- Enough about your mother, what did you have to eat today? -- Medical assessment and management -- The psychiatrist's role and psychotropic medication -- When outpatient treatment is not enough -- Alternative approaches to eating disorders -- To those who love them : guidelines for significant others -- Increasing awareness and prevention.