Medical Management of Eating Disorders
3rd Edition
Published on 13. June 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
228 pages
978-1-108-46599-1 (ISBN)
Description
Now in its third edition, Medical Management of Eating Disorders is the definitive text on the diagnosis and general management of patients with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and other related eating disorders. Providing up-to-date information and research on world-class treatments, this book helps health care professionals understand how to treat eating disorders and other subsequent medical complications that arise as a result of the patient's disorder. Each chapter begins with 'Study Questions' to focus the reader and put the relevant information into perspective, and concludes with 'Implications for Health Care Professionals' to summarise the key learnings of the chapter. 'Patient Information' sections are also included to give examples of how the topics covered can be presented to patients and families. This text is essential reading for all health care professionals involved in the care and management of patients with eating disorders.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 39 Tables, black and white; 16 Plates, color; 14 Halftones, black and white; 21 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-46599-1 (9781108465991)
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Additional editions
C. Laird Birmingham
Medical Management of Eating Disorders
E-Book
06/2019
Cambridge University Press
€39.49
Available for download
C. Laird Birmingham | Janet Treasure
Medical Management of Eating Disorders
E-Book
06/2019
3rd Edition
Cambridge University Press
€44.99
Available for download
Previous edition
C. Laird Birmingham | Janet Treasure
Medical Management of Eating Disorders
A Practical Handbook for Healthcare Professionals
Book
02/2010
2nd Edition
Cambridge University Press
€79.22
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Persons
C. Laird Birmingham is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, where he was previously Professor of Medicine. He has been treating people for over thirty-five years as inpatients, outpatients, and in residential care and has pioneered several new internationally recognised treatments for eating disorders.
Content
Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the third edition; List of abbreviations; Part I. Definitions and Prevalence: 1. Definitions and epidemiology; Part II. Cause: 2. Causal and maintaining factors; Part III. Diagnosis and Clinical Features: 3. Obtaining the history and physical examination; 4. Complications by system; 5. Complications of nutritional therapy; 6. Laboratory testing; Part IV. Differential Diagnosis: 7. Differential diagnosis; Part V. Course and Prognosis: 8. Course and prognosis; 9. What is the goal weight?; 10. The risk of death and how to prevent it; Part VI. Treatment: 11. Evidence-based treatment; 12. Psychological therapies; 13. Medical management; 14. Managing medical complications; 15. Managing treatment refusal and preventing relapse; 16. Reducing the treatment gap by self-management; Appendix. Protocols and algorithms: Abdominal fullness protocol; Admission orders for inpatient care; Anorexia nervosa treatment algorithm; Bulimia nervosa treatment algorithm; Dehydration treatment protocol; Glucagon test protocol; Magnesium intravenous protocol and balance test; Parotid enlargement treatment protocol; Potassium treatment protocol; Warming protocols; Index.