Eating Disorders

B. Timothy Walsh, MD, is Ruane Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and founded Columbia's eating disorders research program over 40 years ago. Over the course of his career, he has published more than two hundred papers and received numerous grant awards from the National Institutes of Health. He has served as President of both of the major international eating disorders associations, and chaired the Eating Disorders Work Group for both DSM-IV and DSM-5. He has received awards from the American Psychiatric Association, the Academy for Eating Disorders, the National Eating Disorders Association, and the Association for Behavior and Cognitive Therapies. Evelyn Attia, MD, is a Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Director of the Columbia Center for Eating Disorders at the NYS Psychiatric Institute and New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. She has dedicated her professional career to the study and treatment of individuals with eating disorders. Additionally, she is an active advocate for individuals with eating disorders and their families, speaking and educating about these challenging conditions to both academic and general public audiences. She serves on the board of the National Eating Disorders Association and, together with Drs. Glasofer and Walsh, she served as an editor for the Handbook of Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders. Deborah R. Glasofer, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry) at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and clinical psychologist at the Columbia Center for Eating Disorders at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. She is involved in research on eating and weight disorders in adults and adolescents, and provides instruction and supervision for psychiatry residents, post-doctoral fellows, and other trainees in cognitive behavioral therapy for mood, anxiety, and eating disorders. She served as an editor for the Handbook of Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders, has written for Scientific American Mind, Psychology Today, The Huffington Post, Verywell, and The Feed, and can be followed on Twitter at @drglasofer

Collectively, Walsh, Attia and Glasofer have been at the cutting edge of eating disorders treatment and research for several decades now. These authors are extraordinarily well placed to provide a wide ranging and informative text on everything someone with an eating disorder, or someone who cares for a loved one with an eating disorder ought to know. Ultimately, this text serves as the perfect psychoeducational volume to empower sufferers and their carers to take the necessary step(s) in the recovery process.

• Part I: Facing the Facts and Busting the MythsChapter 1: What are Eating Disorders?Chapter 2: Who Gets Eating Disorders?Chapter 3: How Do You Know if You or Someone You Care About has an Eating Disorder?Chapter 4: What Causes Eating Disorders?Chapter 5: What Could Make an Eating Disorder Better or Worse?Chapter 6: Do Eating Disorders Overlap With Other Psychiatric Disorders?Chapter 7: Are Children Affected By Eating Disorders?Chapter 8: Is Obesity An Eating Disorder? Part II: Taking Action: Treatment and RecoveryChapter 9: Where Do People Get Treatment?Chapter 10: Who Provides Eating Disorders Treatment?Chapter 11: Are There Medications That Are Helpful?Chapter 12: What Kinds of Therapy Help Eating Disorders Symptoms the Most?Chapter 13: Are There Other Useful Strategies?Chapter 14: What Does Recovery Look Like?Chapter 15: Can Eating Disorders Be Prevented? Part III: Eating Disorders Research: Hot TopicsChapter 16: OlanzapineChapter 17: Cognitive NeuroscienceChapter 18: Genetics Resources