444 pg, paperback, '07

This book describes the application of cognitive behavioral 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, principal-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, counselors, dieticians, and occupational therapists.

CONTENTS:

I – Introduction
1 – The philosophical and theoretical stance behind CBT
2 – Broad stages in CBT and format of delivery
3 – What the clinician needs to establish before starting

II – Core Clinical Skills for Use in CBT with the Eating Disorder
4 – Assessment
5 – Preparing the patient for treatment
6 – Motivation
7 – A guide to important dietary and nutritional issues
8 – Case formulation
9 – Therapy interfering behaviors
10 – Homework
11 – Surviving as an effective clinician
12 – Setting and maintaining an agenda
13 – Psychoeducation
14 – Diaries
15 – The role of weighing in CBT

III – Core CBT Skills as Relevant to the Eating Disorders
16 – Socratic questioning
17 – Downward arrowing
18 – Cognitive restructuring
19 – Continuum thinking
20 – Positive data logs
21 – Behavioral experiments

IV – Addressing Eating, Shape and Weight Concerns in the Eating Disorders
22 – Overevaluation of eating, weight and shape
23 – Body image

V – When the Standard Approach to CBT is Not Enough
24 – Comorbidity with Axis 1 pathology
25 – Comorbidity with Axis II pathology

VI – CBT for Children and Adolescents with Eating Disorders and Their Families
26 – CBT for children and adolescents with eating disorders and their families

VII – Endings
27 – What to do when CBT is ineffective
28 – Recovery
29 – Relapse management and ending treatment