Jennifer D. Lundgren, PhD, is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Kelly C. Allison, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is also Director of Education at the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders. Albert J. Stunkard, MD, until his death in 2014, was Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. A pioneering obesity researcher, he was founder of the University's Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, where an endowed professorship was named for him, and a member of the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences.
Foreword
James E. MitchellI. Introduction and History 1. Introduction to Night Eating Syndrome: Past
Present
and Future
Jennifer D. Lundgren
Kelly C. Allison
and Albert J. Stunkard 2. A History of Night Eating Syndrome: The First Patient
Albert J. StunkardII. Biology 3. Pathophysiological and Neuroendocrine Aspects of Night Eating Syndrome
Tatiana Ungredda
Marci E. Gluck
and Allan Geliebter 4. Circadian Rhythms Associated with Night Eating Syndrome
Jennifer D. Lundgren
Raymond Boston
and Glenys K. Noble 5. Behavioral and Molecular Genetics of Night Eating Syndrome
Cristin D. Runfola
Tammy L. Root
and Cynthia M. Bulik III. Relation to Other Clinical Syndromes 6. The Relationship of Night Eating Syndrome with Obesity
Bariatric Surgery
and Physical Health
Susan L. Colles and John B. Dixon 7. Night Eating Syndrome and Other Eating Disorders
Yael Latzer and Orna Tzischinsky 8. Night Eating Syndrome and Other Psychiatric Disorders
Melisa V. Rempfer and Meghan E. Murphy 9. Nocturnal Eating and Sleep Disorders
Michael J. Howell and Scott J. Crow IV. Assessment 10. Conceptual Issues Related to the Assessment of Eating Behavior
Mood
and Sleep in Night Eating Syndrome
Drew A. Anderson
Scott G. Engel
and Ross D. Crosby 11. Assessment Instruments for Night Eating Syndrome
Jennifer D. Lundgren
Kelly C. Allison
Piergiuseppe Vinai
and Marci E. GluckV. Treatment 12. Pharmacological Treatment of Night Eating Syndrome
Kajal R. Patel
John P. O'Reardon
and Mario A. Cristancho 13. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Night Eating Syndrome
Kelly C. Allison 14. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Manual for Night Eating Syndrome
Kelly C. Allison 15. Other Approaches to the Treatment of Night Eating Syndrome
Laura Pawlow 16. Epilogue
Jennifer D. Lundgren
Kelly C. Allison
and Albert J. Stunkard