Comorbid Eating Disorders And Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. A Clinician's Guide To Challenges In Treatment

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Part I. Overview of the Existing Literature:
1. Understanding eating disorders
2. Review of eating disorder treatment
3. Understanding obsessive-compulsive disorder
4. Diagnostic comorbidity and phenomenological overlap of eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder
5. Identifying common themes across treatments for eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder
6. Identifying mechanisms of action across treatments for eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder
Part II. Clinical Pitfalls and Treatment Failures:
7. Underweight and malnourished patients
8. Provider collaboration in eating disorder treatment
9. Impact of eating disorder treatment on obsessive-compulsive symptoms
10. The relationship between eating, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder
11. Poorly executed exposures
12. Considerations for exposure therapy in eating disorder treatment
13. Subclinical features as treatment barriers
Part III. Evidence-Informed Considerations for Assessment and Treatment:
14. Thorough assessment
15. Collaborative conceptualization and treatment planning
16. Navigating meal planning
17. Navigating self-monitoring
18. Navigating the scale & weighing
19. Navigating body image
Part IV. Special Topics and Future Considerations:
20. Special topics and challenges in treatment
21. Continued research
References
Index.

Numerous studies have shown that individuals with eating disorders (EDs) have statistically higher rates of OCD and vice versa, yet there has been no comprehensive book dedicated to their comorbidity. This clinical guide fills that gap and provides a tool for health professionals working with patients presenting with both diagnoses. This book reviews the existing literature on the comorbidity of these disorders, and the perspectives of the authors' clinical practice working with OCD and EDs. Chapters cover clinical pitfalls, assessment, and suggested treatments, detailing the overlap between both illnesses and how comorbidity changes the overall presentations. The authors provide evidence-informed clinical suggestions for existing treatments, in addition to several case study examples, to highlight ways in which to better improve care for patients. A must-read for clinicians who have either experience with or want to expand their knowledge on how to assess and treat the co-occurrence of OCD and EDs.

Jenna DiLossi, Center for Hope and Health, LLC, Pennsylvania
Jenna DiLossi, PsyD, ABPP, is the cofounder and clinical director of the Center for Hope & Health, LLC. As a clinical psychologist and professional counselor, she is also board certified in behavioral and cognitive psychology, a CBT-certified therapist and trainer/consultant, and a prolonged exposure therapist and supervisor.

Melissa Harrison, Center for Hope and Health, LLC, Pennsylvania
Melissa Harrison, MA, LPC, is the cofounder and director of operations of the Center for Hope & Health, LLC. She is licensed as a professional counselor. She is also a CBT-certified therapist and trainer/consultant and a prolonged exposure therapist and supervisor.