Eating Disorders and Obesity: A Comprehensive Handbook - Tapa blanda

"Brownell and Fairburn have assembled an international cast of experts to provide the definitive reference source on weight and eating disorders. This well-organized and carefully edited book is unmatched in providing the most current, most comprehensive, and most authoritative coverage of the field. The editors are to be commended for integrating existing knowledge on both weight and eating disorders in a single source. The book is an indispensable resource for busy practitioners, and a blessing for anyone teaching a course in the general area." --G. Terence Wilson, PhD, Oscar K. Buros Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University "This volume is a treasure trove of information about eating disorders and obesity. It describes a very large part of what we know about these disorders in an accessible and user-friendly manner." --Albert J. Stunkard, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine "This volume presents a remarkable array of up-to-date information combining the latest scientific knowledge with humanistic concern....[It] contains the most current information on all aspects of eating disorders and obesity so that professionals with clinical or research questions in this area will have the critical information at hand in one volume. Students will find this invaluable. This volume is welcome and has been long overdue....It sets a very high standard, one which we hope will be maintained in future editions of this important volume." --From the foreword by Paul E. Garfinkel, MD, FRCP(C), Director and Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry and Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto "On occasion, a book is published that is so unique in its contribution and so completely fulfills its lofty goals that it is bound to become a classic the moment the first copy rolls off the press. This volume edited by Brownell and Fairburn is one of those classics....Both editors have demonst "It is certainly good to see a volume bringing together material on all the eating disorders, including those that result in obesity. Indeed, the range of the book is without doubt impressive; its sections include the regulation of eating and weight, dieting and body image, measurement, classification, clinical characteristics and history of eating disorders, epidemiology and medical aspects as well as a section devoted to the major treatment initiatives." -- Child Psychology and Psychiatry "In the weeks [this book] has been in my office I have used it more than any other text. It is what it claims to be, both 'comprehensive' and a 'handbook'. It provides the reader, novice or expert, with instant informed opinion and points them to additional, more detailed sources to continue investigation....Bringing together such an international collection of distinguished scientists and clinicians under one cover may be an important step to help the scientific community, the general public, and Government funding recognize that both [eating disorders and obesity] are in need of action and in a coordinated way. Clinical psychologists with a current or putative interest in either eating disorders or obesity should have access to this book." -- The British Journal of Clinical Psychology "The editors of this book have been successful in presenting and integrating all that is currently known about eating disorders and obesity into one well-organized, carefully edited, sound, user-friendly book. This text is a must for the libraries of practitioners working in the fields of obesity and eating disorders."-- American Dietetic Association Journal "This multi-author textbook successfully conveys state-of-the-art information in brief yet authoritative chapters on fundamental issues, basic science, assessments, clinical characteristics, and treatments of all three of the eating disorders....Invaluable for clinicians and students." -- Readings "This volume was boldly conceived....[Brownell and Fairburn] have attempted to cover extensive aspects of both eating disorders and obesity, to tap many of the world experts, to present controversial as well as conventional perspectives to enrich documented data with clinical insights, to be useful to generalists as well as specialists, to elucidate research methodology as well as clinical techniques, and to be current in a rapidly changing field. Remarkably, they have accomplished all this with impressive success....I recommend this book highly to all professionals who work with eating-disordered or overweight patients." -- Eating Disorders "Authoritative, accessible and practical." -- Idea Today "It is certainly good to see a volume bringing together material on all the eating disorders, including those that result in obesity. Indeed, the range of the book is without doubt impressive; its sections include the regulation of eating and weight, dieting and body image, measurement, classification, clinical characteristics and history of eating disorders, epidemiology and medical aspects as well as a section devoted to the major treatment initiatives." --"Child Psychology and Psychiatry" "In the weeks [this book] has been in my office I have used it more than any other text. It is what it claims to be, both 'comprehensive' and a 'handbook'. It provides the reader, novice or expert, with instant informed opinion and points them to additional, more detailed sources to continue investigation....Bringing together such an international collection of distinguished scientists and clinicians under one cover may be an important step to help the scientific community, the general public, and Government funding recognize that both [eating disorders and obesity] are in need of action and in a coordinated way. Clinical psychologists with a current or putative interest in either eating disorders or obesity should have access to this book." --"The British Journal of Clinical Psychology" "The editors of this book have been successful in presenting and integrating all that is currently known about eating disorders and obesity into one well-organized, carefully edited, sound, user-friendly book. This text is a must for the libraries of practitioners working in the fields of obesity and eating disorders." --"American Dietetic Association Journal" "This multi-author textbook successfullyconveys state-of-the-art information in brief yet authoritative chapters on fundamental issues, basic science, assessments, clinical characteristics, and treatments of all three of the eating disorders....Invaluable for clinicians and students." --"Readings" "This volume was boldly conceived....[Brownell and Fairburn] have attempted to cover extensive aspects of both eating disorders and obesity, to tap many of the world experts, to present controversial as well as conventional perspectives to enrich documented data with clinical insights, to be useful to generalists as well as specialists, to elucidate research methodology as well as clinical techniques, and to be current in a rapidly changing field. Remarkably, they have accomplished all this with impressive success....I recommend this book highly to all professionals who work with eating-disordered or overweight patients." --"Eating Disorders" "Authoritative, accessible and practical." --"Idea Today"

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