Ahmed Boachie, Karin Jasper

A Parent's Guide to Defeating Eating Disorders

Spotting the Stealth Bomber and Other Symbolic Approaches

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book will help caregivers to reach out to young people having difficulty cooperating with treatment. It uses analogies and metaphors effectively to help explain eating disorders and the treatment process. Integrating medical, psychological, and narrative aspects, it encourages the reader to conceptualize each step towards health.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781849051965
• ISBN-10: 1849051968
• Artikelnr.: 33315525

Autorenporträt

Ahmed Boachie is Program Director of the Eating Disorder Program at Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket, Ontario, and Staff Psychiatrist at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario. He is also Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Toronto, and Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences of McMaster University. He resides in Aurora, Ontario. Karin Jasper is Clinical Mental Health Specialist and Research Co-ordinator of the Eating Disorder Program at Southlake Regional Health Centre. She is also Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Toronto. She resides in Toronto, Ontario.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Foreword. Preface by the authors. 1. Rationale for
analogies and metaphors. 2. Eating disorders as illnesses: an historical
perspective. 3. Recognizing and diagnosing an eating disorder. 4.
Outpatient management. 5. Multi-family therapy. 6. Day hospital program. 7.
Inpatient treatment. 8. The recovery process. 9. Conclusion. Tables and
figures. Appendix. References. Index of analogies and metaphors. Further
reading.