Eating Disorders: A Guide to Medical Care and Complications

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ISBN 10: 0801862779 / ISBN 13: 9780801862779

Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 1999

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12mo. Small tear to front cover leading edge.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Eating Disorders: A Guide to Medical Care and Complications
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801862779
• ISBN 13: 9780801862779
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First.
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Eating disorders present a challenge to clinicians in terms of diagnosis as well as treatment. This text is a hands-on, user-friendly guide to the medical care and complications of eating disorders for primary care physicians and mental health professionals. Each chapter begins with a series of questions that are answered in the course of that chapter, using clinical vignettes where appropriate. Chapter topics in the first portion of the book include team treatment, medical evaluation of the patient, principles of diagnosis and treatment, and nutritional rehabilitation. Subsequent chapters address potential complications, organized by organ system: gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, gynaecological, endocrinological, and oral and dental. The final chapters are concerned with special issues, such as athletes with eating disorders, obesity, medical tests, and health concerns for non-physicians.

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.