Eating Disorders: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children and Young People by

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This book provides the clinician with a guide to how CBT can be used to challenge beliefs about control, restraint, weight and shape allowing young people to manage their eating disorder, and helping their families to understand their behaviour.

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Eating disorders comprise a range of physical, psychological and behavioural features that often have an impact on social functioning and can invade most areas of the sufferer's life. Although eating and weight disorders are common in children and adolescents, there is a scarcity of practical guidance on treatment methods for eating disorders in young people. In this book, Simon Gowers and Lynne Green bring together up-to-date research, clinical examples and useful tips to guide practitioners in working with young people, as well as helping families of children and adolescents to deal with their difficulties. Eating Disorders provides the clinician with an introduction about how CBT can be used to challenge beliefs about control, restraint, weight and shape, allowing young people to manage their eating disorder. Chapters cover: preparing for therapy a CBT treatment programme applications and challenges. This practical text will be essential reading for mental health professionals, paediatric teams and those in primary care working with children and adolescents with eating disorders.It will benefit those working with both sufferers themselves and families who have difficulty understanding the disorder.

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A practical and clinically valid guide for clinicians treating childhood eating disorders, using Cognitive Behaviour therapy.

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Eating Disorders comprise a range of physical, psychological and behavioural features that often have an impact on social functioning and can invade most areas of the sufferer's life. Although eating and weight disorders are common in children and adolescents, there is a scarcity of practical guidance on treatment methods for eating disorders in young people.In this book, Simon Gowers and Lynne Green bring together up-to-date research, clinical examples and useful tips to guide practitioners in working with young people, as well as helping families of children and adolescents to deal with their difficulties. Eating Disorders provides the clinician with an introduction about how CBT can be used to challenge beliefs about control, restraint, weight and shape allowing young people to manage their eating disorder. Chapters cover:preparing for therapy a

Author Biography

Simon G. Gowers is Professor of Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Liverpool and Consultant to the Cheshire and Merseyside Eating Disorders Service for Adolescents. He recently led the NICE Guideline Development Group making evidence-based recommendations for the treatment of eating disorders in the UK. Lynne Green is Principal Clinical Psychologist at the Cheshire and Merseyside Eating Disorders Service for Adolescents. She has clinical and research experience of treating both adults and children with eating disorders using the latest cognitive behavioural techniques.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction. Eating Disorders and their Management. The Role of CBT in the Treatment of Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Part II: Preparing for Therapy. Assessment and Formulation. Engaging and Motivating Young People. The Role of the Family. Part III: A CBT Treatment Programme. Stage 1: Planning and Establishing Principles and Embarking on Change. Stage 2: Tackling Problem Eating, Challenging Compensatory Behaviours. Stage 3: Treatment Monitoring and Review. Stage 4: Addressing Unhelpful Cognitions and Solving Problems Maintaining the Eating Disorder. Stage 5: Relapse Prevention and Discharge Planning. Part IV: Applications and Challenges. Inpatient Management, Groups and Self-Help. Future Challenges. References. List of Handouts.

Review

"The volume presented by Gowers and Green provides up-to-date research, clinical illustrations, and CBT-specific interventions to apply when one is working with children and adolescents. An excellent description of how to apply CBT for use with children and adolescents. Eating Disorders offers the reader a wealth of information on how children and adolescents develop an eating disorder and how to treat it. It is an excellent book for both the novice and teh seasoned clinician and would make good reading for any graduate student. It is clearly written, with excellent resources." -Wayne A. Bowers, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 54 "This book offers a great deal of useful advice for any child and adolescent mental health professional working with children and adolescents who have eating disorders... I would strongly recommend this book to all child and adolescent mental health professionals working with young people with eating disorders." - David Rothery, British Journal of Psychiatry, January 2010

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"The volume presented by Gowers and Green provides up-to-date research, clinical illustrations, and CBT-specific interventions to apply when one is working with children and adolescents. An excellent description of how to apply CBT for use with children and adolescents. Eating Disorders offers the reader a wealth of information on how children and adolescents develop an eating disorder and how to treat it. It is an excellent book for both the novice and the seasoned clinician and would make good reading for any graduate student. It is clearly written, with excellent resources."-Wayne A.Bowers, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 54 "This book offers a great deal of useful advice for any child and adolescent mental health professional working with children and adolescents who have eating disorders... I would strongly recommend this book to all child and adolescent mental health professionals working with young people with eating disorders."- David Rothery, British Journal of Psychiatry, January 2010 health professionals working with young people with eating disorders."- David Rothery, British Journal of Psychiatry, January 2010

Details ISBN0415444632 Short Title EATING DISORDERS Language English ISBN-10 0415444632 ISBN-13 9780415444637 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2009 Series CBT with Children, Adolescents and Families Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Alternative 9780415444620 Author Lynne Green Affiliation University of Liverpool, UK Subtitle Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children and Young People UK Release Date 2009-03-05 AU Release Date 2009-03-05 NZ Release Date 2009-03-05 Illustrations 5 Tables, black and white; 30 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white; 32 Illustrations, black and white Pages 200 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 2009-03-05 DEWEY 616.8526 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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