1st Edition

Eating Disorders And Marriage The Couple In Focus Jan B.

    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    This volume should enhance health care professionals' understanding of the myriad complications that develop when a person with an eating disorder gets married or becomes involved in a long-term intimate relationship. Drawing on their vast experience in family therapy, social work, and treatment of eating disorders, the authors carefully review the current literature on eating disorders in long-term relationships, and then present a practical approach to assessment and treatment.

    1: Overview of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa; 2: Review of the Current Literature on Marriage and Eating Disorders; 3: Marriage and Eating Disorders; 4: Assessment of the Couple; 5: Brief Couple Treatment for Eating Disorders; 6: Long-Term Treatment of Eating-Disordered Couples; 7: Empirical Studies of Couple Functioning; 8: Eating-Disordered Patients as Parents

    Biography

    D. Blake Woodside, Lorie F. Shekter-Wolfson, Jack S. Brandes, Jan B. Lackstrom