Medical Management of Eating Disorders

Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
List of Abbreviations

Section 1. Definitions and Prevalence:
1. Definitions and Epidemiology

Section 2. Cause:
2. Causal and Maintaining Factors

Section 3. Diagnosis and Clinical Features:
3. Obtaining the History and Physical Examination
4. Complications by System
5. Complications of Nutritional Therapy
6. Laboratory Testing

Section 4. Differential Diagnosis:
7. Differential Diagnosis

Section 5. Course and Prognosis:
8. Course and Prognosis
9. What is the Goal Weight?
10. The Risk of Death and How to Prevent it

Section 6. Treatment:
11. Evidence-based Treatment
12. Psychological Therapies
13. Medical Management
14. Managing Medical Complications
15. Managing Treatment Refusal and Preventing Relapse
16. Reducing the Treatment Gap by Self-management

Appendix. Protocols and Algorithms: Abdominal Fullness Protocol
Admission Orders for Inpatient Care
Anorexia Nervosa Treatment Algorithm
Bulimia Nervosa Treatment Algorithm
Dehydration Treatment Protocol
Glucagon Test Protocol
Magnesium Intravenous Protocol and Balance Test
Parotid Enlargement Treatment Protocol
Potassium Treatment Protocol
Warming Protocols
Index

Now in its 3rd edition, The Medical Management of Eating Disorders is the definitive text on the diagnosis and general management of patients with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and other related eating disorders. Providing up-to-date information and research on world-class treatments, this book helps health care professionals understand how to treat eating disorders and other subsequent medical complications that arise as a result of the patient's disorder. Each chapter begins with 'Study Questions' to focus the reader and put the relevant information into perspective , and concludes with 'Implications for Health Care Professionals' to summarise the key learnings of the chapter. 'Patient Information' sections are also included to give examples of how the topics covered can be presented to patients and families. This text is essential reading for all health care professionals involved in the care and management of patients with eating disorders.

• Includes coverage of all the medical complications of eating disorders from the most common to the rarest
• To provide treatment options that are cutting edge, not just what is considered affordable and practical by political entities and budget limitations
• Each chapter concludes with a 'Patient Information' section to help the health care professional learn how to convey information to patients and carers.

C. Laird Birmingham, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
C. Laird Birmingham is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia where he was previously Professor of Medicine. He has been treating people for over 35 years as inpatients, outpatients, and in residential care and has pioneered several new internationally recognised treatments for eating disorders.

Janet Treasure, Institute of Psychiatry, London
Janet Treasure is Professor in the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London and the Chief Medical Officer for Beat, the UK's main eating disorder charity. She has been awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) for the work she has done over her 30 years in the field of eating disorders.