A Practical Guide to Treating Eating Disorders: Overcome Problem Eating

by Patricia Furness-Smith

Overview

From comfort eating and skipping meals to anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, disordered eating comes in many forms. 

With expert advice from an experienced psychologist, this book will help you get back on track and get the help you need. 



Break bad habits and replace them with better ones; understand your issues so that you can move forward; and learn to overcome your fears, love your body and discover how to enjoy food again.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785784668
Publisher:	Amberley Publishing
Publication date:	04/04/2019
Series:	Practical Guide Series
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	4.65(w) x 6.61(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Patricia Furness-Smith is a psychologist and accredited practitioner with over twenty years' experience in her field. Her work with people suffering with phobias has led her to travel around the world helping people to overcome the various fears which have blighted their lives.

Table of Contents

Preface 1

Part 1 Understanding Problem Eating 7

1 What is problem eating? 7

2 Overcoming ignorance and offering hope 22

3 Our relationship with food 31

4 History of problem eating 40

5 Anorexia nervosa 54

i Understanding anorexia 54

ii Practical ideas for understanding anorexia 65

iii Diagnosis and symptoms of anorexia 77

6 Bulimia nervosa 87

i Understanding bulimia 87

ii Diagnosis and symptoms of bulimia 103

7 Binge eating disorder 111

i Understanding binge eating disorder 111

ii Diagnosis and symptoms of binge eating disorder (BED) 123

8 Pica disorder 133

i Understanding pica disorder 133

ii Diagnosis and symptoms of pica disorder 137

Part 2 Treating Problem Eating 141

9 A note on the body mass index (BMI) 141

10 Treatments 145

11 Mainstream therapies and treatments 150

12 Other forms of help 167

13 Complementary therapies 170

14 The Maudsley approach 178

15 The carer's charter 188

Useful contacts 199

Acknowledgements 205

Index 207