The Oxford Handbook of Eating Disorders (Oxford Library of Psychology)

The Oxford Handbook of Eating Disorders provides current insights from established experts into the phenomenology, epidemiology, prevention, and treatment of eating disorders. Fully revised to reflect new DSM-5 classification and diagnostic criteria, each chapter of the Second Edition has been updated to feature the latest clinical research findings, applications, and approaches to understanding eating disorders. An additional chapter on emerging issues explores critical questions pertaining to ethics and the use of technology in treating eating disorders. With information on newly documented syndromes and a new section on bariatric surgery, this handbook not only encapsulates where the field is at but also offers astute perspectives on how the field is changing. Including both practical specifics, like literature reviews and clinical applications, as well as a broad view of foundational topics, this handbook is essential for scientists, clinicians, experts, and students alike.

W. Stewart Agras, MD, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. He has been working in the field of eating disorders for the past 30 years, focusing on the treatment of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder, and he continues an active research program at Stanford.

Athena Robinson, PhD, is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Her core areas of programmatic research include treatment outcome and implementation of evidence-based treatments for eating disorders.