Handbook of Eating Disorders and Obesity

by Thompson, J. Kevin

• ISBN13: 9780471230731
• ISBN10: 0471230731
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-07
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Up-to-date coverage on the assessment and treatment of eating disorders and obesity Featuring contributions from an international group of experts, the Handbook of Eating Disorders and Obesity is a broad-based resource that explores the major classifications of eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. This groundbreaking reference also offers a thorough review of the area of obesity, along with a specialized focus on body image disturbances, including body dysmorphic disorder. This comprehensive handbook presents the latest information in multiple areas of research and practice, highlighting risk factors, assessment, treatment, and prevention of eating disorders and obesity. Practical guidelines for implementing treatment strategies are supplemented with insightful clinical case studies and helpful explanations illustrating real-world applications of treatment components. Special coverage in this volume addresses such timely topics as: * Cosmetic surgery and cosmetic medical treatments * How the media influences eating disorders * Weight and shape concerns of boys and men * Cross-cultural aspects of eating disorders * Child sexual abuse and eating disorders * A feminist approach to eating disorders The Handbook of Eating Disorders and Obesity offers mental health and medical professionals, as well as students, the most current information available on every aspect of this troubling and pervasive societal problem. "This remarkably comprehensive and current resource will be an indispensable addition to the libraries of clinicians and scholars alike. The chapters represent a rich synthesis of the wide-ranging psychosocial and biological investigations of obesity and eating disorders, and the equally diverse approaches to their clinical management." -Michael Strober, PhD, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Editor in Chief, International Journal of Eating Disorders "This impressive handbook offers, in one volume, a fine distillation of contemporary knowledge and best practice in the complex and interrelated areas of body image disturbance, eating disorders, and obesity. The explicit integration of current research with current clinical practice makes this volume stand out and will ensure its place as an indispensable resource for both those wishing to get up to speed and for established researchers and clinicians alike." -Marika Tiggemann, PhD, Flinders University, Australia Associate Editor, Body Image: An International Journal of Research

Author Biography

<b>J. KEVIN THOMPSON, PhD,</b> is Professor of Psychology at the University of South Florida. He is the editor or coeditor of several books, including Body Image, Eating Disorders, and Obesity in Youth and Exacting Beauty: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment of Body Image Disturbance. He is also Associate Editor of the journal Body Image: An International Journal of Research.

Table of Contents

PART I. EATING DISORDERS: ANOREXIA NERVOSA, BULIMIA NERVOSA, AND BINGE EATING DISORDER.

SECTION 1. BIOTIOLOGY AND ASSOCIATED FEATURES.

Genetic and Biological Risk Factors (Cynthia M. Bulik).

Psychosocial Risk Factors (Alison E. Field).

SECTION 2. ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS.

Diagnosis and Classification of Eating Disorders (Debra L. Franko, et al.).

Assessment of Medical Status and Physical Factors (Claire Pomeroy).

Psychological Assessment of Eating Disorders and Related Features (Drew A. Anderson and Caroline A. Paulosky).

SECTION 3. TREATMENT.

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder (Kathleen Pike, et al.).

Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge Eating Disorder (Stacey Tantleff-Dunn, et al.).

Pharmacological Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge Eating Disorder (Martina de Zwaan, et al.).

Family Approaches for Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa (James Lock).

Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Eating Disorders (Liz McCabe, et al.).

Integrative Cognitive Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa (Carol B. Peterson, et al.).

Feminist Therapy of Eating Disorders (Niva Piran, et al.).

Internet-based Treatment Strategies (Andrew J. Winzelberg, et al.).

Impatient and Partial Hospital Approaches to the Treatment of Eating Disorders (Angela S. Guarda and Leslie J. Heinberg).

PART II. OBESITY.

SECTION 1. ETIOLOGY AND ASSOCIATED FEATURES.

Genetic and Biological Risk Factors (Mark B. Cope and David Allison).

The Toxic Environment and Obesity: Contribution and Cure (Kelly Brownell and Kathryn E. Henderson).

Psychosocial Risk Factors (Diane Neumark-Sztainer and Jess Haines).

SECTION 2. ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS.

Assessment of Medical Status and Physical Factors (Nikhil Dhurander).

Behavioral Assessment of Obesity (Suzanne Phelan and Thomas A. Wadden).

SECTION 3. TREATMENT.

Treatment of Obesity I: Adult Obesity (David B. Sarwer, et al.).

Treatment of Obesity II: Childhood and Adolescent Obesity (Jordana Cooperberg and Myles Faith).

PART III. BODY IMAGE DISTURBANCES AND BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER.

Risk Factors for the Development of Body Image Disturbances (Susan Paxton and Eleanor Wertheim).

Assessment of Body Image Disturbances (Tiffany M. Stewart and Donald A. Williamson).

Treatment of Body Image Disturbances (Thomas F. Cash and Joshua I. Hrabosky).

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (Roberto Olivardia).

PART IV. SPECIAL TOPICS.

Cross-Cultural Aspects of Eating Disorders (Eileen P. Anderson-Fye and Anne E. Becker).

Eating Disorders and Women - A Feminist Approach (Linda Smolak and Sarah K. Murnen).

Weight and Shape Concerns of Boys and Men (Marita P. McCabe and Lina A. Ricciardelli).

Eating Problems in Childhood and Adolescence (Dasha Nicholls).

Obesity and Body Image in Ethnically Diverse Children and Adolescents (Sonia Y. Ruiz, et al.).

Child Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders (Kevin M. Thompson and Stephen A. Wonderlich).

Eating Disorder Prevention Programs (Eric Stice and Emily Hoffman).

Media's Role in the Perpetuation of Eating Disorders (Michael Levine and Kristen Harrison).

Cosmetic Surgery and Cosmetic Medical Treatments (David B. Sarwer, et al.).

Future Directions in Eating Disorders Research (Linda Smolak and Ruth Striegel-Moore).