Binge Eating: Nature, Assessment, and Treatment ANNOTATION
This book contains black-and-white illustrations.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Synthesizing all that is known about binge eating and the treatment of this prevalent, complex behavior, this book features contributions from leading experts from a wide variety of fields.
Special Features
The Eating Disorder Examination, the major clinical interview for assessing eating disorders, is published in full in this volume. It shows precisely how to elicit the key features of these disorders. Also included is a cognitive behavioral therapy manual.
FROM THE CRITICS
John D. Mead
This book presents a synthesis of what is currently known about one specific symptom, binge eating, and its relationship to eating disorders. Included is the first published manual of the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) and a cognitive-behavioral therapy manual. The purpose is to compile in a single volume the widely dispersed literature on binge eating in effort to promote research and improve clinical management. The target audience is psychologists and psychiatrists, but it should be considered basic reading for all health care professionals, researchers, and students interested in eating disorders and related problems. The book presumes some knowledge of the field but provides essential background through introductory chapters. The authors are internationally recognized researchers in eating disorders and have assembled a list of contributors from among the most prominent scholars in the field. The illustrations are limited to black-and-white line drawings of good quality. Chapters are well referenced with current literature from primary sources. The authors have succeeded in assembling a collection of integrated and highly focused chapters from a wide variety of perspectives. Chapter authors cross reference one another extensively, creating the impression of a true synthesis of ideas (no small accomplishment for a multiauthored text). A number of the chapters go well beyond literature reviews by challenging popular notions in the field; for example, noting the lack of evidence for "carbohydrate craving" in patients with bulimianervosa and propo sing that self-induced vomiting rather than binge eating provides a better basis for subtyping anorexia nervosa patients. The book is mosttimely given the current movement to recognize binge eating disorder as distinct from other eating disorders.
Doody Review Services
Reviewer: John D. Mead, PhD (Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center)Description: This book presents a synthesis of what is currently known about one specific symptom, binge eating, and its relationship to eating disorders. Included is the first published manual of the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) and a cognitive-behavioral therapy manual. Purpose: The purpose is to compile in a single volume the widely dispersed literature on binge eating in effort to promote research and improve clinical management. Audience: The target audience is psychologists and psychiatrists, but it should be considered basic reading for all health care professionals, researchers, and students interested in eating disorders and related problems. The book presumes some knowledge of the field but provides essential background through introductory chapters. Features: The authors are internationally recognized researchers in eating disorders and have assembled a list of contributors from among the most prominent scholars in the field. The illustrations are limited to black-and-white line drawings of good quality. Chapters are well referenced with current literature from primary sources. Assessment: The authors have succeeded in assembling a collection of integrated and highly focused chapters from a wide variety of perspectives. Chapter authors cross reference one another extensively, creating the impression of a true synthesis of ideas (no small accomplishment for a multiauthored text). A number of the chapters go well beyond literature reviews by challenging popular notions in the field; for example, noting the lack of evidence for "carbohydrate craving" in patients with bulimianervosa and propo sing that self-induced vomiting rather than binge eating provides a better basis for subtyping anorexia nervosa patients. The book is most timely given the current movement to recognize binge eating disorder as distinct from other eating disorders.
Booknews
Bridging a gap in the literature, this text synthesizes all that is known about binge eating and its treatment, in original contributions from leading experts in a wide variety of fields. It covers the history and etiology of the disorder; its distribution and determinants; its relationship to bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, obesity, and addictive disorders; and the methods available for assessment and treatment. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
RATING
4 Stars! from Doody
ACCREDITATION
Fairburn, Christopher G., DM (Univ of Oxford); Wilson, G. Terence, PhD (Rutgers Univ)
The contributors are mental health professionals interested in eating disorders. They are mostly academic psychologists from centers in the U.K. (Univ of Oxford, Leeds Univ), the U.S. (nine different universities), Canada (Univ of Toronto), and Austria
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