Childhood Feeding Problems and Adolsecent Eating Disorders or Eating Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence

Childhood Feeding Problems and Adolsecent Eating Disorders

Author: Alan Stein

How should feeding problems arising in childhood and later eating disorders be assessed and treated?

Disturbances in eating arising in infancy, early childhood and adolescence are increasingly being recognized as a major source of distress and disturbance to young people and their families.

Childhood Feeding Problems and Adolescent Eating Disorders covers a wide spectrum of phenomena of variable clinical significance, ranging from variations of normal behavior to serious clinical conditions such as failure to thrive and anorexia nervosa. In three sections, the following subjects are covered:
· Feeding and weight problems of early childhood
· Nature of anorexia nervosa and of bulimia nervosa
· Treatment of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
The contributors discuss important issues such as the influence of maternal eating problems, the consequences of early feeding problems and the management of early onset anorexia nervosa.

This book willbe an important resource for all the pediatricians, psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, nutritionists and other health professionals concerned with the assessment and treatment of these major clinical problems.

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Eating Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence

Author: Bryan Lask

In the third edition of this accessible and comprehensive book, Bryan Lask and Rachel Bryant-Waugh build on the research and expertise of the previous two editions. First published in 1993, this was the earliest book of its kind to explore eating disorders in people under 15, a population that is very distinct from those in their late teens and adulthood.

The contributors' experience and knowledge has increased greatly in the past 15 years. This fully revised edition offers a distillation of current information in the younger population, and contains brand new chapters on areas of research and practice such as:

• eating disorders and the brain
• nutrition and refeeding
• motivational approaches.

Eating Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence offers the reader knowledge, perception and understanding of this fascinating but challenging patient group. It has both a clinical and research focus and will be an essential text for a wide range of  professionals, as well as being readable for parents of children suffering from eating disorders.