C. Laird Birmingham (Vancouver University of British Columbia), Janet Treasure (London Institute of Psychiatry)

Medical Management of Eating Disorders

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now in its third edition, the Medical Management of Eating Disorders explores the diagnosis and general management of eating disorders. Featuring up-to-date research on world-class treatments, this book helps health care professionals understand how to treat eating disorders and subsequent medical complications that arise.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 3 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 378g
• ISBN-13: 9781108465991
• ISBN-10: 1108465994
• Artikelnr.: 55190449

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.