This groundbreaking handbook provides a comprehensive collection of evidence-based analyses of the causes, treatment, and prevention of eating disorders.

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Volume 1: Basic Concepts and Foundational Research
• Section I Definitions and History
• Body Image, Disordered Eating, and Eating Disorders: Connections and Disconnects - Linda Smolak and Michael P. Levine
• History of Anorexia Nervosa - Tilmann Habermas
• The History of Bulimia Nervosa - Richard A. Gordon
• History of BED and ED-NOS - Lázaro V. Zayas and Jennifer J. Thomas
• Section II Epidemiology
• Prevalence and Incidence of Eating Disorders in Western Societies - Pamela K. Keel and K. Jean Forney
• Prevalence and Incidence of Eating Disorders in Asian Societies - Kathleen M. Pike, Patricia E. Dunne, Andrea Grant
• Prevalence and Incidence of Eating Disorders in Underrepresented Countries - Christopher Paul Szabo
• Section III Diagnosis
• Diagnosing Anorexia Nervosa - Emily K. Gray, Helen B. Murray and Kamryn T. Eddy
• Diagnosing Bulimia Nervosa - Scott Crow
• Binge Eating Disorder: Diagnosis and Assessment - Lindsay Bodell, Ruth Striegel Weissman
• Diagnosing Other Specified and Unspecified Feeding and Eating Disorders in DSM-5 (Formerly Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified in DSM-IV ) - Carol Peterson, Kelly C. Berg and Nora Durkin and Leah M. Jappe
• Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa: Diagnosis, Features, and Radical New Treatment Approaches - J. Hubert Lacey, Richard Sly
• Diagnosing Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents - Ellen S. Rome
• Medical Complications and Diagnosing Eating Disorders - C. Laird Birmingham
• Psychiatric Comorbidity in Diagnosis - Jennifer S. Coelho, Lea Thaler, Howard Steiger
• Cross-Cultural and Ethnicity Issues in Diagnosis - Kathleen Y. Kawamura
• Section IV Theories
• Biopsychiatric Theories of Eating Disorders - Sloane Madden
• Cognitive-Behavioral Theory of Eating Disorders - Kelly M. Vitousek and Krista E. Brown
• Feminist Theories of Eating Disorders - Taryn A. Myers
• Psychodynamic Theory of Eating Disorders - Kathryn Zerbe
• Sociocultural Theories of Eating Disorders - Rheanna N. Ata and Lauren M. Schaefer and J. Kevin Thompson
• Section V Risk and Protective Factors and Correlates
• Body Image Disturbance and the Development of Eating Disorders - Ann Kearney-Cooke, Diana Tieger
• Cultural Similarities and Differences in Eating Disorders - Eileen Anderson-Fye, Stephanie McClure, Rachel Wilson
• Dieting as a Risk Factor for Eating Disorders - Eric Stice, Kyle Burger
• Ethnicity as a Risk Factor for Eating Disorders - Jennifer E. Wildes, Kelsie T. Forbush
• Familial Risk Factors and Eating Disorders - Janis Crowther and Kathryn E. Smith and Gail A. Williams
• Gender and Eating Disorders - Sarah K. Murnen and Linda Smolak
• Genetic Risk Factors for Eating Disorders - Jessica H. Baker, Lauren Janson, Sara E. Trace and Cynthia M. Bulik
• Media and Eating Disorders - Michael P. Levine and Sarah K. Murnen
• Neurochemical Components of Undereating and Overeating - Susan Murray, Alexandra Arosenius, Nicole M. Avena
• Peer Risk Factors and Eating Disorders - Carolina Lunde and Ann Frisén
• Personality as a Risk Factor for Eating Disorders - Jason M. Lavender, Kyle P. De Young, Stephen A. Wonderlich
• Protective Factors - Tracy L. Tylka, Ashley M. Kroon Van Diest
• Stress, Trauma, and Adversity as Risk Factors in the Development of Eating Disorders - Timothy D. Brewerton
• Section VI Special Groups
• Athletes, Physical Activity, Dancers, and Eating Disorders - Trent Petrie, Christy Greenleaf
• Eating Disorders Across the Lifespan - Linda Smolak
• Eating Disorders in Boys and Men - Lina Ricciardelli, Marita McCabe
• Volume 2: Assessment, Prevention, Treatment, Policy, and Future Directions
• Section VII Assessment
• Screening for Eating Disorders: An Updated Guide - Rachel F. Rodgers and Debra L. Franko
• Clinical Interviews and Eating Disorders - Karina Allen
• Research Tools for Assessing Eating Disorders - Drew A. Anderson and Katherine Schaumberg and Erin E. Reilly and Lisa M. Anderson
• Section VIII Prevention
• Why Prevention? The Case for Upstream Strategies - A. Jordan Filion and Jess Haines
• School-Based Prevention - Zali Yager, Jennifer A. O'Dea
• A Feminist Perspective on the Prevention of Eating Disorders - Niva Piran
• Cognitive and Behavioral Approaches to the Prevention of Eating Disorders - Carolyn Becker, Kelly MacKenzie, Tiffany Stewart
• Media Literacy in the Prevention of Eating Disorders - Simon Wilksch and Tracey D. Wade
• Computer-Assisted Approaches to Prevention - Stephanie Bauer and Carla Minarik and Markus Moessner
• Developing an Ecological Approach to Eating Disorders Prevention: The Ontario Project - Michael P. Levine, Gail L. McVey
• Social Policy and Prevention - Susan J. Paxton
• Integration of Obesity and Eating Disorders Prevention: A Holistic Approach to Wellness in Elementary Schools - Suzanne E. Mazzeo and Rachel W. Gow and Allison Palmberg
• Section IX Issues in Treatment
• The Eating Disorders Treatment Team and Continuum of Care: Saving Lives and Optimizing Treatment - Theodore E. Weltzin, Mary E. Fitzpatrick
• Addressing Gender and Ethnicity in the Treatment of Eating Disorders - Heather Thompson-Brenner and Rebecca Shingleton and Lauren Richards
• Medical Complications and Management Strategies in Patients with Severe Restricting and Purging - Jennifer L. Gaudiani
• Treating Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents - Katrina Hunt and Mima Simic and Ivan Eisler
• Issues in Treating Comorbidity in the Eating Disorders - Amy Baker Dennis, Randy A. Sansone
• The “Natural” Course of Eating Disorders - Tiffany Brown and Kelly Klein and Pamela K. Keel
• Section X Therapeutic Approaches
• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for the Treatment of Eating Disorders - Anthea Fursland, Susan M. Byrne
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy - Emmett Bishop
• Feminist Therapy - Karin Jasper
• Psychopharmacology in the Treatment of Eating Disorders - Phillipa J. Hay, Angélica M. Claudino
• Family Approaches to Treatment - Anna C. Ciao, Kristen Anderson, Daniel Le Grange
• Medical Nutrition Therapy for Eating Disorders - Leah L. Graves, Christina Scribner
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders - Andrea E. Kass, Jacqueline M. Patmore, Denise E. Wilfley
• Motivational Interviewing and Readiness for Change - Pamela Macdonald and Janet Treasure
• Section XI Controversies and Future Directions
• Perspectives on the Measurement of Outcome - Michael Strober, James Lock
• Is Obesity an Eating Disorder? - Kelly C. Allison, Alysia A. Cirona-Singh
• Social and Financial Policy in the United States - Kitty Westin, Jillian Lampert
• Toward an Integrated Biopsychosocial Model of Eating Disorders - Linda Smolak and Michael P. Levine
• Planning for Future Research: 10 Critical Questions - Michael P. Levine and Linda Smolak