TOPIC: Eating Disorders

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Center Developed Documents, Resources, and Tools

• Practice Notes: Obesity and Mental Health

Relevant Publications on the Internet

• Anorexia Nervosa
• APA Help Center: Eating Disorders
• Common eating disorders: a primer for primary care providers
• Diagnosis of Eating Disorders in Primary Care
• Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa
• "Eating Disorders" annotated organizations list
• Eating Disorders & Diabetes
• Eating Disorders During Adolescence and the Risk for Physical and Mental Disorders During Early Adulthood
• Facts For Families:Teenagers With Eating Disorders
• Fact sheet: Eating Disorders
• Follow-up Evaluation of High School Eating Disorders Screening Program: Knowledge, Awareness and Self-referral
• Guidelines for School Health Programs to Promote Lifelong Healthy Eating
• Identifying and Treating Eating Disorders
• Professional School Counseling: Eating Disorder Intervention, Prevention, and Treatment: Reccomendations for School Counselors
• School Health Nursing Services Role in Health Care: Eating Disorders
• Treatment Guideline for Eating Disorders
• Use of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist to Screen for Psychosocial Problems in Pediatric Primary Care
• Youth Evaluation Scale (YES)

• Adolescent Nutritional Disorders Prevention and Treatment
• Adolescent obesity intervention: Validation of the Shapedown program
• Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa
• Eating Disorders: Decade of the Brain
• Treatment of Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents
• Working with Parents to Overcome Childhood Obesity

• The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness
• Body Cage
• Body Positive
• Center for Change
• The Center for Eating Disorders: St. Joseph Medical Center
• Eating Disorders Recovery Center
• Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center
• International Association of Eating Disorders
• National Eating Disorders Association
• National Eating Disorders Information Center
• Pale Reflections: Eating Disorders Community
• The Renfrew Center Foundation

• Anorexia nervosa and related eating disorders in childhood and adolescence. Edited by Lask & Bryant-Waugh.(2000). Hove, East Sussex, UK : Psychology Press.
• Body Image, Eating Disorders, and Obseity in Youth: Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment. Edited by J.K. Thompson & L. Smolak. (2001). APA Books.
• Clinical handbook of eating disorders : an integrated approach. Edited by Timothy D. Brewerton. (2004). New York : Marcel Dekker.
• Counselling for eating disorders. By Sara Gilbert.(2000). London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE.
• Eating disorders : A Handbook for Teens, Families, and Teachers. By Tania Heller. (2003). Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co.
• Eating disorders : A Parents' Guide. By Bryant-Waugh & Lask. (2004) NY : Brunner-Routledge
• Eating Disorders in Women and Children : Prevention, Stress Management, and Treatment. Edited by J. Robert-McComb. (2001). Boca Raton : CRC Press.
• Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Eating Problems and Eating Disorders. By Pamela K. Keel and Alissa Haedt. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 37(1), 39-61, (2008).
• Preventing Eating Disorders among Pre-teen Girls : A Step-by-step Guide. By Beverly Neu Menassa. (2004). Westport, Conn. : Praeger.
• Self-harm Behavior and Eating Disorders : Dynamics, Assessment, and Treatment. Edited by Levitt, Sansone & Cohn. (2004) New York : Brunner-Routledge.
• Too fat or too thin? : A Reference Guide to Eating Disorders. By C. R. Kalodner.(2003). Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press.
• Understanding eating disorders : anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and obesity. Edited by L. Alexander-Mott & D. B. Lumsden.(1994). Washington, D.C. : Taylor & Francis.

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