Eating disorders in children and adolescents [electronic resource] : a clinical handbook / edited by Daniel Le Grange, James Lock.

Contributor(s): Le Grange, Daniel | Lock, James | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Guilford Press, c2011Description: xv, 512 pISBN: 9781609184926 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Eating disorders in children | Eating disorders in adolescenceGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 618.92/8526 LOC classification: RJ506.E18 | E293 2011Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
pt. 1. Etiology and neurobiology -- pt. 2. Epidemiology and course -- pt. 3. Diagnosis and classification -- pt. 4. Medical issues and assessment -- pt. 5. Treatment -- pt. 6. Prevention -- pt. 7. The role of parents.
Summary: "Eating disorders typically first appear during childhood and adolescence. Despite this early age of onset, edited volumes on eating disorders have not focused on this age cohort. One of the primary purposes of this book is to redress this imbalance and target the unique issues that pertain to the development, assessment, and treatment of eating disorders in children and adolescents, a period of heightened vulnerability to the these disorders and to the potential damage they can cause"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

pt. 1. Etiology and neurobiology -- pt. 2. Epidemiology and course -- pt. 3. Diagnosis and classification -- pt. 4. Medical issues and assessment -- pt. 5. Treatment -- pt. 6. Prevention -- pt. 7. The role of parents.

"Eating disorders typically first appear during childhood and adolescence. Despite this early age of onset, edited volumes on eating disorders have not focused on this age cohort. One of the primary purposes of this book is to redress this imbalance and target the unique issues that pertain to the development, assessment, and treatment of eating disorders in children and adolescents, a period of heightened vulnerability to the these disorders and to the potential damage they can cause"-- Provided by publisher.

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