Eating Disorders – A Guide to Medical Care and Complications 2e - Softcover

Mehler, Philip S.; Andersen, Arnold E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801893690 ISBN 13: 9780801893698

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Eating disorders present diagnostic and treatment challenges to clinicians. While such disorders need both medical and psychological treatment, patients may be too medically ill for a thorough psychiatric evaluation and may be misunderstood by many primary care physicians. In this revised and updated edition of Eating Disorders, Philip S. Mehler and Arnold E. Andersen provide a user-friendly and comprehensive guide for primary care physicians, mental health professionals, and others who encounter individuals with the problem. Mehler and Andersen identify common medical complications that people who have eating disorders face and answer questions about how to treat them. They also cover such serious complications as osteoporosis, cardiac arrhythmia, electrolyte abnormalities, immune compromise, and gastrointestinal sequelae. Incorporating case studies, medical background on the complications, suggestions for diagnosis and treatment, and a list of selected references, chapters cover important topics including team treatment and nutritional rehabilitation. The authors also address special areas of concern, such as athletes who have eating disorders and the pharmacologic treatment of obesity. Mehler and Andersen encourage close medical follow-up for patients who have eating disorders. This book will help primary care and mental health professionals to understand and to more effectively address the complex concerns of patients with eating disorders.

About this title

About the Authors

Philip S. Mehler, MD, FAED, CEDS (DENVER, CO), is the founder and chief executive officer of Denver Health's ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders and Severe Malnutrition, the chief scientific officer at the Eating Recovery Center, and the Distinguished Glassman Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado.

Arnold E. Andersen, MD (IOWA CITY, IA), is emeritus professor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa College of Medicine and the former director of the Eating Disorders Program at Iowa and Johns Hopkins University. He is the editor of Males with Eating Disorders and the coauthor of Making Weight: Men's Conflicts with Food, Weight, Shape, and Appearance.

Edition details

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801893690
• ISBN 13: 9780801893698
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288