Severe and Enduring Eating Disorder (SEED)

The book explores the clinical challenge of long-term eating disorders and examines the physical and psychological problems, family issues and difficulties in day-to-day living that patients with SEED can experience.* Explores the clinical challenge of long-term eating disorders-often compounded by co-morbidity with depression, self-harm, OCD or psychosis* Eating disorders can persist for many years, yet are rarely classified as 'severe and enduring' in the way that other disorders such as schizophrenia can be* Introduces Severe and Enduring Eating Disorder (SEED) as a concept, and draws on detailed case histories to describe its assessment and treatment* Examines the physical and psychological problems, family issues and difficulties in day-to-day living that patients with SEED can experience* Discusses treatment approaches including Rehabilitation Eating Disorders Psychiatry-also covers treatment in a range of different settings