Cognitive behavior therapy and eating disorders

Fairburn, Christopher G

Cognitive behavior therapy and eating disorders Cognitive behaviour therapy and eating disorders - New York : Guilford Press, 2008. - xii, 324 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book and how to use it / Christopher G. Fairburn -- Eating disorders: the transdiagnostic view and the cognitive behavioral theory / Christopher G. Fairburn -- Enhanced cognitive behavior therapy for eating disorders ("CBT-E"): an overview / Christopher G. Fairburn, Zafra Cooper, and Roz Shafran -- The patients: their assessment, preparation for treatment, and medical management / Christopher G. Fairburn, Zafra Cooper, and Deborah Waller -- Starting well / Christopher G. Fairburn [and others] -- Achieving early change / Christopher G. Fairburn [and others] -- Taking stock and designing the rest of treatment / Christopher G. Fairburn [and others] -- Shape concern, shape checking, feeling fat, and mindsets / Christopher G. Fairburn [and others] -- Dietary restraint, dietary rules, and controlling eating / Christopher G. Fairburn [and others] -- Events, moods, and eating / Christopher G. Fairburn [and others] -- Underweight and undereating / Christopher G. Fairburn [and others] -- Ending well / Christopher G. Fairburn [and others] -- Clinical perfectionism, core low self-esteem, and interpersonal problems / Christopher G. Fairburn [and others] -- CBT-E and younger patients / Zafra Cooper and Anne Stewart -- Inpatient, day patient, and two forms of outpatient CBT-E / Riccardo Dalle Grave [and others] -- "Complex cases" and comorbidity / Christopher G. Fairburn, Zafra Cooper, and Deborah Waller.

This book provides the first comprehensive guide to enhanced cognitive behavior therapy (CBT-E), the leading empirically supported treatment for eating disorders in adults. Written with the practitioner in mind, the book demonstrates how this transdiagnostic approach can be used with the full range of eating disorders seen in clinical practice. Christopher Fairburn and colleagues describe in detail how to tailor CBT-E to the needs of individual patients, and how to adapt it for patients who require hospitalization. Also addressed are frequently encountered co-occurring disorders and how to manage them. Reproducible appendices feature the Eating Disorder Examination interview and questionnaire.

CBT-E is recognized as a best practice for the treatment of adult eating disorders by the U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).


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