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Self-Harm Behavior and Eating Disorders: Dynamics, Assessment, and Treatment
SelfHarm Behavior and Eating Disorders Dynamics Assessment and Treatment Author:John L. Levitt (Editor), Randy A. Sansone (Editor), Leigh Cohn (Editor) Self-Harm Behavior and Eating Disorders explores the prevalent but largely uncharted relationship between self-injury behaviors and eating disorders symptoms. In the first major book to focus on this area, a renowned group of international scholars and practitioners addresses the subject from a variety of theoretical and practical persp... more »ectives.
This collection of case studies, theoretical exploration, and practical application forms a benchmark for the field, and offers a stepping stone for new research and innovative treatment strategies. In an area with little available information, previously spread out among diffuse sources, this volume represents the state-of-the-field resource for anyone working with complex eating disorders patients.
CONTENTS:
The prevalence of self-harm behavior among those with eating disorders / Randy A. Sansone and John L. Levitt --
Dying to live: eating disorders and self-harm behavior in a cultural context / Mervat Nasser --
Impulsive and compulsive self-injurious behavior and eating disorders: an epidemiological study / Angela Favaro, Silvia Ferrara, and Paolo Santonastaso --
Self-harm and suicide attempts in bulimia nervosa / Charles B. Anderson and Cynthia M. Bulik --
Borderline personality disorder: self-harm and eating disorders / Randy A. Sansone, Lori Sansone, and John L. Levitt --
Feminist perspectives on self-harm behavior and eating disorders / Beth Hartman McGilley --
Assessment tools: eating disorder symptoms and self-harm behavior / Randy A. Sansone and Lori A. Sansone --
An assessment tool for self-injury: the Self-Injury Self-Report Inventory (SISRI) / K.R. Juzwin --
An overview of psychotherapy strategies for the management of self-harm behavior / Randy A. Sansone, John L. Levitt, and Lori A. Sansone. Therapy-related assessment of self-harming behavior in patients with eating disorders: a case illustration / Laurence Claes, Walter Vandereycken, and Hans Vertommen --
Dialectical behavior therapy strategies in the management of self-harm behavior in patients with eating disorders / Elizabeth Blocher McCabe and Marsha D. Marcus --
An integrative cognitive therapy approach to the treatment of multi-impulsive bulimia nervosa / Tricia Cook Myers [and others] --
Eclectic treatment of eating disorders and self-injury: a case illustration / Monika Ostroff --
Interventions and strategies for families and friends of the self-harming patient with an eating disorder / Carolyn Costin --
A self-regulatory approach to the treatment of eating disorders and self-injury / John L. Levitt --
Group therapy approaches to the treatment of eating disorders and self-injury / John L. Levitt and Randy A. Sansone --
Psychotropic medications, self-harm behavior, and eating disorders / Randy A. Sansone, John L. Levitt, and Lori A. Sansone« less