Psychological Responses to Eating Disorders and Obesity: Recent and Innovative Work

by Editor: Julia Buckroyd (Health Sciences Research Institute, UK); Co-Editor: Sharon Rother (Health Sciences Research Institute, UK)

• ISBN13: 9780470723838
• ISBN10: 0470723831
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-07-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

Summary

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. It presents current research while focusing on the application of this new knowledge.It covers both eating disorders and obesity in one volume, thus positioning obesity firmly at one end of the food misuse continuum. Chapters will cover subjects such as psychological and cultural aspects of food use, using CBT for treating eating disorders, and CBT group therapy for obesity.

Table of Contents

About the Editors

List of Contributors

Overview

Introduction - Psychological Responses to Eating Disorders and Obesity: An Overview

The Many Meanings of Food and their Iimpact on Eating Behaviour

Anorexia Nervosa

Using an Evidence Based Approach to Ddevelop New Tailored Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa

Eating Disorders: Breaking the Intergenerational Cycle Through Group Therapy- The Effects of the Group Experience

Bulimia Nervosa

Current Thinking on Working with People with Bulimia Nervosa and Bulimic Disorders

Addressing Emotions in the Eating Disorders: Schema Mode Work

Obesity And Binge Eating

Psychological Group Treatment for Obese Women

Food for the Soul: Social and Emotional Origins of Comfort Eating in the Morbidly Obese

Cognitive Behaviour Group Therapy for Obesity and Binge Eating Disorder

A Feminist, Psychotherapeutic Approach to Working with Women Who Eat Compulsively

Changes in Eating Behaviour Following Group Therapy for Women Who Binge Eat: A Pilot Study

Index

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