Helping People with Eating Disorders

Bob Palmer is Honorary Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Leicester, UK, where he spent much of his career as an NHS clinician and consultant psychiatrist. Over the last 40 years, he has become a leading figure in the field of eating disorders and has been involved in innovative research, clinical practice, education and administration. He is a recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Academy for Eating Disorders and Beat, the UK eating disorders charity. He is also the author of numerous articles and the author or editor of several books.

• About the Author vi Preface to the Second Edition viiPreface to the First Edition viii1 What are the Eating Disorders? 12 Who Suffers from Eating Disorders? Who Asks for Help? 253 What Causes Eating Disorders? 424 Thinking about Eating Disorders 705 What is Involved in Recovery from Eating Disorder? 846 Assessing People with Eating Disorders 937 What Helps People with ‘Bulimic Disorders’? 1238 What Helps People with Anorexia Nervosa? 1589 Unusual Eating Disorders 20210 What May Go Wrong? 21511 The Organising Services for People with Eating Disorders 241References 260Index 287