Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders

A Comprehensive Treatment Guide

Glenn Waller, Helen Cordery, Emma Corstorphine, Hendrik Hinrichsen, Rachel Lawson, Victoria Mountford, Katie Russell

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2007
• Print ISBN:
  9780521672481
• eBook ISBN:
  9780511276330
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Psychiatry & Mental Health

This book describes the application of cognitive behavioural principles to patients with a wide range of eating disorders - it covers those with straightforward problems and those with more complex conditions or co-morbid states. The book takes a highly pragmatic view. It is based on the published evidence, but stresses the importance of individualized, principle-based clinical work. It describes the techniques within the widest clinical context, for use across the age range and from referral to discharge. Throughout the text, the links between theory and practice are highlighted in order to stress the importance of the flexible application of skills to each new situation. Case studies and sample dialogs are employed to demonstrate the principles in action and the book concludes with a set of useful handouts for patients and other tools. This book will be essential reading for all those working with eating-disordered patients including psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, counsellors, dieticians, and occupational therapists.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Preface
• Section I Introduction
• Section II Core clinical skills for use in CBT with the eating disorders
• Section IV Addressing eating, shape and weight concerns in the eating disorders
• Section V When the standard approach to CBT is not enough
• Section VI CBT for children and adolescents with eating disorders and their families
• Section VII Endings
• Summary
• Conclusion: cognitive behavioral therapy for the eating disorders
• References
• Appendix 1 Semi-structured interview protocol
• Appendix 2 Psychoeducation resources
• Appendix 2A Getting started: practical information about improving food intake
• Appendix 2B Health consequences of unchecked eating disorder behaviors
• Appendix 2C Issues that perpetuate the disorders
• Appendix 2D Basic nutritional facts and principles
• Appendix 3 Food diary
• Appendix 4 Behavioral experiment sheet
• Index