Eating Disorders and Obesity: A Comprehensive Handbook - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572303808 ISBN 13: 9781572303805

Publisher: Guilford Press, 1998

Synopsis

This unique handbook presents and integrates virtually all that is currently known about eating disorders and obesity in one authoritative, accessible, and eminently practical volume. From leading international authorities, 101 concise chapters clearly synthesize the latest information on all pertinent topics, from biological issues and social variables associated with risk, to research findings and clinical methods for measurement and treatment.

About this title

About the Author

Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at Yale University, where he also serves as Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health and as Co-Director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders. An internationally known expert on eating disorders, obesity, and body weight regulation, he has served as president of several national organizations and has received numerous awards and honors for his work. His recent publications include [ital]Behavioral Medicine and Women[ital] (coedited with Elaine A. Blechman).

Christopher G. Fairburn, D.M., F.R.C.Psych., is Wellcome Trust Senior Lecturer and Honorary Clinical Reader in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford. A well-known international authority on eating disorders with research programs in Britain and the United States, he is coeditor (with G. Terence Wilson) of Binge Eating and author of Overcoming Binge Eating.

Edition details

• Publisher: Guilford Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572303808
• ISBN 13: 9781572303805
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 583
• Editor: Brownell Kelly D., Walsh B. Timothy