Description
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.
Table of Contents
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
