The Outpatient Treatment of Eating Disorders

A Guide for Therapists, Dietitians, and Physicians

2001

James E. Mitchell, M.D., editors

The most extensive and detailed information available on eating disorder treatment for health care professionals.

This volume balances general and pathology-specific research to emphasize outpatient treatment. The contributors provide an overview of the full range of eating disorders and offer clinical recommendations for a comprehensive treatment plan for patients with these disorders.

Contributors: David W. Abbott, Roslyn Binford, Carol Brunzell, Scott Crow, Mary Hendrickson-Nelson, Susan Jack, Pamela K. Keel, Melissa Pederson Mussell, Carol Peterson, Claire Pomeroy, LeAnn Snow, Stephen A. Wonderlich, and Martina de Zwaan.

This timely book is comprehensively informed by recent perspectives on research, counseling, and medical care and will be an invaluable handbook for all health care professionals.

David Herzog, M.D., Harvard Eating Disorders Center

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Psychology

Over the past decade, there have been substantial and rapidly changing developments in the treatment of eating disorders. Grounded in the most recent literature, The Outpatient Treatment of Eating Disorders balances general and pathology-specific research to emphasize outpatient treatment. The contributors provide an overview of the full range of eating disorders and offer clinical recommendations for a comprehensive treatment plan for patients with these disorders.

These distinguished contributors present case studies and hands-on treatment models based on cognitive behavioral techniques. Using three vignettes-a woman with anorexia nervosa, a woman with bulimia nervosa, and a man with binge eating disorder-the authors offer practical approaches, including extensive nutritional information for dietitians, for treating these three major forms of eating disorders. Designed for all health care workers who deal with eating disorder patients, this indispensable guide will be useful for psychiatrists, other physicians, psychologists, social workers, exercise physiologists, and dietitians as well as those who suffer from eating disorders.

Contributors: David W. Abbott, U of North Dakota; Roslyn Binford, U of Minnesota; Carol Brunzell, Fairview-University Medical Center; Scott Crow, U of Minnesota; Mary Hendrickson-Nelson, HealthPartners of Minnesota; Susan Jack, Fairview-University Medical Center; Pamela K. Keel, Harvard U; Melissa Pederson Mussell, U of St. Thomas; Carol Peterson, U of Minnesota; Claire Pomeroy, U of Kentucky; LeAnn Snow, U of Minnesota; Stephen A. Wonderlich, U of North Dakota; and Martina de Zwaan, University Hospital, Vienna.


James E. Mitchell, M.D., an active clinician and researcher of eating disorders, is the president and scientific director at Neuropsychiatric Research Institute as well as professor and chair of neurosciences at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine. He is the president of the Academy of Eating Disorders and serves on the editorial board of International Journal of Eating Disorders and Eating Disorder Newsletter.

This timely book is comprehensively informed by recent perspectives on research, counseling, and medical care and will be an invaluable handbook for all health care professionals.

David Herzog, M.D., Harvard Eating Disorders Center

Contents

Preface

Part I. Overview of Eating Disorders

Introduction: Literature Overview

1. Anorexia Nervosa Melissa Pederson Mussell, James E. Mitchell, and Roslyn B. Binford
2. Bulimia Nervosa Scott Crow and James E. Mitchell
3. Binge Eating Disorder Martina de Zwaan and James E. Mitchell
4. Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified Pamela K. Keel

Part II. Treatment Techniques and Approaches

Introduction: The Team Approach

5. Basic Counseling Techniques Pamela K. Keel
6. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders Carol B. Peterson and James E. Mitchell
7. Pharmacotherapy Scott Crow and James E. Mitchell
8. Treatment Implications of Comorbid Personality Disorders David W. Abbott, Stephen A. Wonderlich, and James E. Mitchell
9. Working with Families Susan Jack
10. An Overview of Nutrition Carol Brunzell and Mary Hendrickson-Nelson
11. Nutrition Counseling Carol Brunzell and Mary Hendrickson-Nelson
12. Exercise in the Treatment of Eating Disorders LeAnn Snow
13. Medical Evaluation and Medical Management Claire Pomeroy

Contributors
Index