Ulrike Schmidt, Janet Treasure, June Alexander

Getting Better Bite by Bite (eBook, PDF)

A Survival Kit for Sufferers of Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorders

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Getting Better Bite by Bite is an essential, authoritative and evidence-based self-help programmethat has been used by bulimia sufferersfor over 20 years. This new edition maintains the essence of the original book, while updating its content for today's readers, drawing on the latest knowledge of the biology and psychology of bulimia and its treatment.

The book provides step-by-step guidance for change based on solid research. The use of everyday language, stimulating contemporary case study story-telling and evocative illustrations in Bite by Bite provide encouragement, hope and new perspectives for all readers.

This handy-sized book fills a need for easy-to-understand information about Bulimia Nervosa, a serious and prevalent eating disorder. Ulrike Schmidt and Janet Treasure are world-renowned researchers and authorities on eating disorders, and June Alexander, a former sufferer of anorexia and bulimia, is a respected writer and internationally-known eating disorder awareness advocate. Getting Better Bite by Bite is a valuable resource - for sufferers, for their families, and for the health professionals and carers treating them.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317622840
• Artikelnr.: 43830342

Autorenporträt

Ulrike Schmidt is Professor of Eating Disorders at King's College London and a consultant psychiatrist in the Eating Disorders Unit at the Maudsley Hospital, London, UK. Her research covers all aspects of eating disorders, from causes to treatments. She has a particular interest in developing novel treatments, especially brief interventions that can be widely disseminated. She is the author of several popular self-help books and award-winning online therapy programmes.

Janet Treasure, OBE, PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, is a professor and a psychiatrist who works in research and teaching at King's College London and as a clinician at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust,( www.the.newmaudsleyapproach.co.uk). Professor Treasure's research interests include conjoint working with patients and carers using translational research to develop new forms of treatment.

June Alexander developed anorexia nervosa at age 11, an illness that challenged and shaped her life. A love of words became a survival tool. She kept a diary and developed a journalism career. Since 2006, June has applied lived experience and literary skills to write about eating disorders. A PhD candidate, June serves on Australian and international organisations, including AED, F.E.A.S.T. and NEDC. Her website: www.junealexander.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. A Few Words of Caution. What this Book Can and Can't Do. The
Way Forward. Do I Suffer From Bulimia? How to Use This Book. First Steps.
Back to The Future. Making Your Decision to Go. How to Stage Your Journey.
Tools For the Journey. How to Facilitate Change by Keeping a Therapeutic
Diary. New Skills to Cope with Old Difficulties. Dieting: A Health Warning.
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder. In the Healthy Weight Range. Health
Hazards of Dieting. How Much do I Need to Eat? Achieving Optimal Weight and
Shape. Regaining Eating Control.The Black Hole of the Insatiable Stomach.
Why Can't I Control My Eating? How to Stop Binges. Lapses. Having Your Cake
and Eating It Too. Facing the Facts. Why You Are Right to Worry. What Type
of Weight Controller Are You? How to Stop Vomiting. How to Stop Abusing
Laxatives, Diuretics, Medications. Learning to Feel Good about Your Body.
How Body Image Problems Are Caused and Maintained. Challenging Unhelpful
Beauty Ideals and Fat Talk. Getting to Know Your Body. Looking After Your
Body. Other Helpful Strategies. Living With Your Body. Note. Being Fatter
May be Better. Health Risks in Being Overweight. Nothing Beautiful About
Dieting. Avoiding the Lonely Trap. Shake, Shake, Shake Your Body. Relapse:
Walking In Circles-Or Not. Preventing Slips. What to do if a Slip Occurs.
Add Pleasure to Your Day. Childhood Wounds. Sexual Abuse. Trying to Make
Sense of it. Grappling With Guilt and Self-Blame. After-Effects of Abuse.
Get a Toehold on Trust. Coming to Terms. Food for Thought. Feeling Like You
Don't Fit in. The Gloom-and-Doom Scenario. When Life is Dreadful. Wracked
By Guilt. Please, Please Them. Out of Control with Control. Defusing
Self-Defeating Thoughts. Shoo Away Shame. Finding Your Voice. Learning to
Stand Your Ground. Anything For a Quiet Life. Ground-Rules For Assertive
Behavior. Putting Assertiveness Into Practice. The Seduction of
Self-destruction. The Slippery Slope of Alcohol and Drugs. When to Worry
About Alcohol Intake. Living Dangerously. Spending What You Don't Have.
Note. Web of Life: Parents, Partners Children, and Friends. At Home With
the Family. Friends. Sexual Relationships. Children.Working to Live, Living
to Work. Common Work Problems.The End of Your Journey-Or Not. If You Are
Still Stuck. Time to Get Real About You. Recovery: An Adventure in
Self-Discovery. Where to Get Help. Appendix.