"Written by an internationally renowned group of experts, this state-of-the-art compendium is an essential companion for clinicians working with eating disorders." --David B. Herzog, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital Research

"The Handbook of Treatments for Eating Disorders is a stunning achievement. The editors have assembled a group of the world's leading authorities to provide us with a volume that simultaneously presents the broadest range of contemporary biological, psychological, and social perspectives for understanding and dealing with these complex disorders, and with the depth and sophistication that each subject deserves. Novices and experienced practitioners alike will find a great deal to value and re-read. In these pages you will find considerable scholarship, wisdom and experience, and a great deal of down-to-earth practical advice and information on assessment and treatment. Several of the chapters are virtual treatment manuals, offering detailed, step-by-step guidance for practitioners.

All mental health professionals will be well served by studying these chapters. Not only will this information provide substantial benefits in helping patients with eating disorders, but readers can expect that the positive carryover of these lessons to almost all other areas of clinical concern will be enormous." --Joel Yager, MD, Professor and Vice Chair for Education, University of New Mexico School of Medicine; Professor Emeritus, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute; President-Elect, Academy for Eating Disorders; Editor-in-Chief, Eating Disorders Review

"...remarkable....this handbook is particularly valuable for professionals wanting state-of-the-art information as well as for newcomers needing authoritative overviews. The 30 chapters are all well grounded in research and written primarily by clinicians on the cutting edge of the treatment research literature. ...Superb chapter references. 'Must reading' for professionals and general health care practitioners." --R. Kabatznick, Choice

"The chapters are very well referenced and are written by experts who are both clinicians and researchers, which gives readers exceptional insight into the specific therapy being described. Each chapter includes case studies and excerpts of therapist-client dialogue that bring the therapies to life....Especially helpful are the treatment plan and protocols included as appendices to specific chapters....This text is a powerful handbook of substantiated treatment approaches." --Journal of the American Dietetic Association

"This impressive book addresses the main treatment approaches used for patients with eating disorders....this book is a crucial compendium for therapists working in the field of eating disorders, particularly those with experience of CBT. However other therapists engaged in clinical care, training, teaching and service development for these patients will find this a comprehensive reference textbook." --European Eating Disorders Review

"...a delight to see. The updating of information and reformatting is extensive and the content coverage is now more complete....The second edition retains the important elements of the first, namely that there are both critical reviews of treatment research and practical guidelines for treating clinicians....There is a balanced presentation, and a high level of integration of scientific knowledge and debate is achieved. Thus, the handbook should have a broad and varied readership, from general practitioners in remote regions, to the academic in the tertiary specialist unit. It is an enduring 'classic'." --Psychological Medicine

This volume provides detailed descriptions of all the major treatments for eating disorders, presented by the leading clinicians and researchers in the field. Psychotherapeutic and pharmacological treatment approaches are described in step-by-step detail and illustrated with extensive case material. Several chapters function as self-contained treatment manuals, enabling practitioners to easily learn and implement each model, as well as adapt it to suit the needs of individual patients.

Paul E. Garfinkel, M.D., is Profsessor and Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and the President and Psychiatrist-in-Chief of the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry. He has been a consultant to the National Institute of Mental Health, the Medical Reserach Council of Canada and an examiner for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and has been elected to the Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada.

I. The Context for Treatment

1. Historical Perpective on Anorexia Nervosa, 1689-1936, Silverman

2. The History of Bulimia Nervosa, Russell

3. Diagnostic Issues, Walsh and Garner

4. Assessment, Crowther and Sherwood

5. Sequencing and Integration of Treatments, Garner and Needleman

II. Cognitive-Behavioral and Educational Approaches

6. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa, Wilson, Fairburn, and Agras

7. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa, Garner, Vitousek, and Pike

8. Psychoeducational Principles in Treatment, Garner

9. Nutritional Counseling and Supervised Exercise, P. J. V. Beumont, C. C. Beumont, Touyz, and Williams

10. Cognitive-Behavioral Body Image Therapy, Rosen

III. Psychodynamic, Feminst, and Family Approaches

11. Self Psychology, Goodsitt

12. Consultation and Therapeutic Engagement in Severe Anorexia Nervosa, Strober

13. Anorexia Nervosa as Flight from Growth, Crisp

14. Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Bulimia Nervosa, Fairburn

15. The Etiology and Treatment of Body Image Disturbance, Kearney-Cooke and Striegel-Moore

16. Family Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa, Dare and Eisler

IV. Hospital and Drug Treatments

17. Inpatient Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa, Andersen, Bowers, and Evans

18. Partial Hospitalization, Kaplan and Olmsted

19. Behavioral Treatment to Promote Weight Gain in Anorexia Nervosa, Touyz and Beumont

20. Drug Therapies, Garfinkel and Walsh

V. Special Topics in Treatment

21. Managing Medical Complications, Mitchell, Pomeroy, and Adson

22. Sexual Abuse and Other Forms of Trauma, Fallon and Wonderlich

23. Management of Substance Abuse and Dependence, Mitchell, Specker, and Edmonson

24. Management of Patients with Comorbid Medical Conditions, Powers

25. Treatment of Patients with Personality Disorders, Dennis and Sansone

26. Addressing Treatment Refusal in Anorexia Nervosa, Goldner, Birmingham, and Smye

27. Group Psychotherapy, Polivy and Federoff

28. Prepubertal Eating Disorders, Lask and Bryant-Waugh

29. Adapting Treatment for Patients with Binge-Eating Disorder, Marcus

30. Self-Help and Guided Self-Help for Binge-Eating Problems, Fairburn and Carter