The clinician's guide to collaborative caring in eating disorders [[electronic resource] ] : the new Maudsley method / / edited by Janet Treasure, Ulrike Schmidt, and Pam Macdonald

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777909503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hove, East Sussex ; ; New York, NY, : Routledge, 2009
• ISBN: 1-135-24138-4; 1-282-28423-1; 9786612284236; 0-203-86468-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): TreasureJanet; SchmidtUlrike <1955->; MacdonaldPam <1959->
• Disciplina: 616.852606
• Soggetti: Eating disorders; Caregivers
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; Part I Introduction to collaborative care between carers of people with eating disorders and professional services; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Eating disorders and the concept of working with families and other carers; Chapter 3 The carers' perspective; Chapter 4 An ethico-legal account of working with carers in eating disorders; Part II Introduction to the theoretical underpinning; Chapter 5 How do families cope when a relative has an eating disorder?; Chapter 6 Family processes as maintaining factors for eating disordersChapter 7 Understanding models of health behaviours and the processes used to facilitate change; Chapter 8 Changing behaviours in the family; Part III Different forms of intervention; Chapter 9 Working with carers on an outpatient basis: The assessment of the family; Chapter 10 Writing as a tool for developing reflective capacity and emotional processing; Chapter 11 Family and carer workshops; Chapter 12 An intensive three-day programme with families preparing for ; transition from inpatient to outpatient care; Chapter 13 Coaching methods of supportive skills-based training for carersPart IV Special cases; Chapter 14 Reproductive function and parenting in people with an eating disorder history; Chapter 15 The influence and importance of parents in care and treatment of an eating disorder; Part V Conclusion and appendices; Chapter 16 What the patients say: An examination of what patients think about family interventions; Chapter 17 The professional perspective; Appendix 1 Toolkit for Carers: The caring role in eating disorders; Appendix 2 Eating Disorders Symptom Impact Scale (EDSIS); Appendix 3 Accommodation and Enabling Scale for Eating Disorders (AESED)Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Caring for a loved one with an eating disorder is a difficult task; carers often find it hard to cope, and this can contribute to the maintenance of the disorder. The Clinician's Guide to Collaborative Caring in Eating Disorders shows how active collaboration between professional and non-professional carers can maximise the quality of life for both the sufferer and all other family members.The book provides straightforward guidance for clinicians who work with families and carers. It suggests ways of ensuring that interpersonal elements that can maintain eating disord