Eating Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence

Bryan Lask trained at the University of London and was a consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children for 25 years. There, with Rachel Bryant-Waugh, he initiated the first early onset eating disorders programme in the UK. Subsequently he has written 8 books and over 150 papers. Currently he directs the early onset eating disorders research programme at St. George's University of London, is medical adviser to the Huntercombe Hospitals, UK, and visiting professor and research director at the regional eating disorders service in oslo, Norway. Rachel Bryant-Waugh is Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Joint Head of the Feeding and Eating Disorders Service at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Child Health, Univesrity of London. She trained in London and obtained a PhD at the University of Sussex investigating children with eating disorders. She has specialised in this area for over 20 years, has taught and published widely and is an internationally respected expert.

Part I: Perspectives. Nunn, The Sensitivities that Heal and the Sensitivities that Hinder. Haggiag, The Broken Jigsaw: A Child’s Perspective. Davenport, A Parent’s Perspective. Part II: Context and Course of Early Onset Eating Disorders. Bryant-Waugh, Lask, Overview of the Eating Disorders. Nicholls, Aetiology. Gowers, Doherty, Outcome and Prognosis. Part III: Assessment and Treatment. Pinhass, Steinegger, Katzman, Clinical Assessment and Physical Complications. Frampton, Hutchinson, Eating Disorders and the Brain. Lask, Bryant-Waugh, Overview of Management. Lask, Motivational Approaches. Hart, Nutrition and Refeeding. Honig, Family Approaches: Evidence-based and Collaborative Practice. Christie, Cognitive-Behavioural Approaches. Magagna, Individual Psychotherapy. Close, Physiotherapy and Exercise. Tate, Schooling. Tan, Stewart, Ethical and Legal Issues. Epilogue. Index of Cases. Author Index. Subject Index.