Rev. ed. of: Body image: a handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice / edited by Thomas F. Cash, Thomas Pruzinsky. c2002.

Bringing together leading authorities, this comprehensive volume integrates the best current knowledge and treatment approaches for eating disorders in children and adolescents. The book reveals how anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and other disorders present differently in children than in adults and explains their potentially far-reaching impact on psychological, physical, and neurobiologic...(view full description)

Extracts key information on pathogenesis, epidemiology, and clinical features of diseases and contains over 800 schematic illustrations and photographs derived from Rubin's Pathology. This title is suitable students in allied health fields, including dentistry, nursing, physical therapy, and occupational therapy.

This is an edited book that brings together many of the most distinguished researchers and clinicians in the field of food misuse. The papers included are drawn from the conferences on psychological approaches to eating disorders and obesity held at the University of Hertfordshire in 2005 and 2006.

Eating disorders are usually regarded as acute illnesses that patients either recover from or die from. They are rarely classified as 'severe and enduring' in the same way as other metal disorders such as schizophrenia can be. Yet many patients suffering from eating disorders struggle with their condition for many years.

<p> "The Gravity of Weight: A Clinical Guide to Weight Loss and Maintenance" is perhaps the first comprehensive integration of the psychological and physiological aspects of the mind, brain, and body to explain why weight control seems so daunting for so many people.

Examines self-help treatments for weight problems and obesity, binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, and body image disturbances. This book offers practical pointers for guiding clients or patients toward safe, effective approaches, from independent strategies to treatments with higher levels of professional involvement.

Eminently practical and authoritative, this comprehensive clinical Handbook brings together leading international experts on eating disorders to describe the most effective treatments and how to implement them. Coverage encompasses psychosocial, family-based, medical, and nutritional therapies for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and other eating disorders and disturban...(view full description)

A guide to understanding and helping a teenager with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. This book is designed for parents of teens who have recently been diagnosed with an eating disorder, or who are at risk of developing one, and for other adults, such as teachers and guidance counselors, who are regularly in contact with at-risk adolescents.

Client-centered exercises that accompany the concepts put forward in Being a Brain-Wise Therapist and make the theoretical practical.