Fully revised to reflect changes in the field, this collection of essays by psychotherapists details the interaction between practitioner and patient, practitioner and practitioner, and family members.

-- Lisa W. Cross, Women and Health

Foreword, by B. Timothy Walsh Preface, by Barbara P. Kinoy Acknowledgments List of Contributors Introduction, by Diane W. Mickley 1. Medical Aspects of Anorexia and Bulimia, by Diane W. Mickley 2. Recovery Through Nutritional Counseling, by Annika Kahm 3. Psychiatric Consultation with Eating Disordered Patients, by David Greenfeld 4. A Family Systems Perspective on Recovery from an Eating Disorder, by Nancy Thode 5. Relationship to Food as to the World, by Suzan J. Ryan 6. The Therapeutic Use of Humor in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
or, There Is Life Even with Fat Thighs, by Sarita Broden 7. Jodie's Story, by Debra Bader 8. Eating Disorders and Managed Care, by Inge S. Ortmeyer 9. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Other Short-Term Approaches in the Treatment of Eating Disorders, by James T. Wegner and Andrea Z. Wegner 10. The Nurse's Role in a Pilot Program, Using a Modified Cognitive-Behavioral Approach, by Phyllis Roloff 11. Individual Psychotherapy: A Long Journey of Growth and Change, by Inge S. Ortmeyer 12. Young Adult Women: Reflections on Recurring Themes and a Discussion of the Treatment Process and Setting, by Nancy King 13. Recovery, by Margaret Goldkopf-Woodtke Afterword, by Diane W. Mickley