Pocket Guide for the Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders

An exceptionally practical book for clinicians who are interested in evaluating
and treating eating disorders in children and adults, Pocket Guide for the
Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders, provides expert guidance in a
succinct and accessible format. Most people with eating disorders lack access to
specialty services, leaving the majority undiagnosed and untreated. The editors
and contributors, Stanford University researchers and clinicians, have written
the book for nonspecialists in hopes that it will foster the development of
relevant clinical skills and allow them to help patients with eating disorders
in their practices. This book is squarely aimed at the big picture while
highlighting the most important additional details. The first chapter provides
an overview of all the major eating disorders and also includes a discussion of
issues related to screening, race, culture, and gender that are cross-cutting
and applicable to all the diagnostically themed chapters. Each of the remaining
chapters focuses on a specific diagnostic group and is organized systematically
to allow the reader to easily identify comparable elements across diagnostic
groupings quickly.Helpful features of the book include: Consistent chapter
structure for ease of access. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction,
followed by a key diagnostic checklist, diagnostic rule outs, risks and
epidemiology, psychiatric and medical comorbidity, clinical presentations,
evidence-based interventions, treatments illustrated, a clinical decision-making
flow chart, common outcomes, resources and further readings, and references.
Stand-alone chapters, allowing the user to access all the pertinent information
without prerequisite preparation. Short narrative vignettes describing each of
the major evidence-based interventions for each diagnostic grouping. These model
effective practitioner-patient interactions and help readers improve their
clinical skills. In addition, there are vignettes across the age spectrum,
affording the reader valuable exposure to a full range of cases. Emphasis on
evidence-based treatments. Evidential support is graded based on slightly
modified criteria developed by the American Psychological Association, with
Levels 1 to 4-from established treatments to those of questionable efficacy.
Generous use of tables and figures, comprising all the major content in a
concise, easily understandable fashion.

Authoritative, accessible, and
designed to fit in a lab coat pocket, Pocket Guide for the Assessment and
Treatment of Eating Disorders is a practical book which will help busy
clinicians quickly find the most relevant and updated information, without
overwhelming them with detail.