Eating Disorders: Understanding Causes, Controversies, and Treatment

This encyclopedia offers a variety of resources for readers interested in learning more about eating disorders, including hundreds of reference entries, interviews, scholarly debates, and case studies.

• Reflects recent changes in approaches to eating disorders brought about by the publication of the latest edition of the DSM

• Explores key issues related to eating disorders and models critical thinking and argument construction in the Controversies and Debates section

• Offers insights from a variety of perspectives expounded upon in interviews with scholars, eating disorder professionals, patients, and family members

• Gives readers a ＂real world＂ look at the many ways eating disorders can manifest and progress in the Case Illustrations section