Eating Disorders: A Multi-Professional Approach

This text aims to provide the reader with a wide and in-depth understanding of the conditions of Anorexia and Bulimia. It brings together a range of perspectives and includes theoretical and clinical material to illustrate the process of treatment, recovery and loss. Psychiatrists and eating disorders; to be or not to be - the patient's viewpoint; psychiatric nursing - the no man's land between patient and therapist; re-occupying the preoccupied; to eat or not to eat - the dietician's role; systemic family therapy in the treatment of eating disorders; group-analytic psychotherapy with eating disorders; eating disorders - a psychodrama approach; making a mark - an exploration of an art therapy group for clients with eating disorders; consumerism and being consumed - putting eating problems into the context of modern society; the multi-diciplinary team - the holding matrix.