256 pg, paper, '09

Drawing on the parallels and differences to other mental disorders, this unique book uses detailed case histories to illustrate how SEED is assessed and treated, with attention paid to the physical and psychological problems, family issues, and daily difficulties experienced by patients living with this disorder. An entire chapter is devoted to the comparisons between SEED and Chronic Schizophrenia, suggesting that those suffering from SEED should receive a form of treatment analogous to that which is used to treat individuals with severe mental illness.

CONTENTS:

1 – Introduction
2 – SEED, Psychiatric Considerations
3 – Medical Aspects of SEED
4 – Social and Occupational Aspects of SEED
5 – Family Life with SEED
6 – Care Programming in SEED
7 – A Pilot Case Series Using Qualitative and Quantitative Methods: Biological, Psychological, and Social Outcome in Severe and Enduring Eating Disorder (Anorexia Nervosa)
8 – A Comparison Between SEED and Chronic Schizophrenia
9 – 99 Research Ideas

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Dr. Paul Robinson is a Consultant Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders at the Russell Unit Eating Disorders Service, part of the St. Ann's Eating Disorders Service, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust in the United Kingdom. He has been working in Eating Disorders Psychiatry for 23 years.

REVIEWS:

"To say that this book is timely is to make an understatement. It is overdue. Paul Robinson has done the field of eating disorders – patients, carers and professionals – a major service by tackling head-on important and damaging myths about eating disorders.

In this short book, he sets out the case against the trivialization and relative neglect of eating disorders in general and builds the case that in particular a substantial number of people, mainly with chronic Anorexia Nervosa, have disorders that are, by any rational standard, both severe and enduring. The book describes the problems of such people and how they may be approached and at least ameliorated. It is sensible, lively, useful and thought-provoking. All clinicians involved with eating disorders should read it." – Professor Bob Palmer, Psychiatry, University of Leicester

"In an era of therapeutic optimism and belief in the healing powers of brief psychological therapies, the plight of people with severe and enduring eating disorders remains a neglected topic. Drawing on parallels and differences to other severe mental disorders, this unique book provides a sound and practical framework for working with these patients. Thoughtful, compassionate, easy-to-read, and imbued with the author's considerable clinical wisdom and research knowledge, this book fills an important gap."
— Professor Ulrike H. Schmidt, Professor of Eating Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London