BINGE EATING
Nature, Assessment, and Treatment
Christopher G. Fairburn & G. Terence Wilson (Eds.)
Guilford Publications, 1996
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After reading this book, the reader will understand what is known about binge eating, how to assess it, and current treatments. This book collects in one volume what is known about binge eating and its treatment.
The authors come from different disciplines and include many leaders in the field. Subjects include definition and classification; epidemiological, developmental, psychological, and psychobiological considerations; patient management; and cognitive-behavioral treatment.
Christopher G. Fairburn, D.M., FRCPsych, is Wellcome Trust Senior Lecturer and Honorary Clinical Reader in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford. The author of OVERCOMING BINGE EATING, he is a well-known international authority on eating disorders, with research programs in Britain and the United States.
G. Terence Wilson, Ph.D., is the Oscar K. Buros Professor of Psychology at Rutgers University and a practicing clinical psychologist. He has coauthored a number of books and published numerous papers on the treatment of obesity and eating disorders. He served as a member of the American Psychiatric Association's Work Group that developed the diagnostic criteria for eating disorders in DSM-IV.
12 CE credits; 419 pages
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