Eating Disorders: A Guide to Medical Care and Complications (2nd edition)

Author(s): Philip S. Mehler and Arnold E. Andersen

For Clinicians

Eating disorders present diagnostic and treatment challenges to clinicians. While such disorders need both medical and psychological treatment, patients may be too medically ill for a thorough psychiatric evaluation and may be misunderstood by many primary care physicians. In this revised and updated edition of Eating Disorders, Philip S. Mehler and Arnold E. Andersen provide a hands-on, user-friendly, and comprehensive guide for both primary care doctors and mental health professionals. Mehler and Andersen identify common medical complications that patients with eating disorders face and answer questions about how to treat them. They also cover such serious complications as osteoporosis, cardiac arrhythmia, electrolyte abnormalities, immune compromise, and gastrointestinal sequelae. Incorporating pertinent case studies, medical background on the complication, suggestions for diagnosis and treatment, and a list of selected references, chapters cover important topics, including team treatment and nutritional rehabilitation. The authors address special areas of concern, such as athletes who have eating disorders and the pharmacologic treatment of obesity.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780801893698
  • : Johns Hopkins University Press
  • : 38887
  • : February 2010
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Philip S. Mehler and Arnold E. Andersen
  • : Paperback
  • : 0912/2
  • : 616.85/26
  • : 288