--- title: Eating Disorders description: Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses involving disturbed eating and body image. You will learn how anorexia, bulimia and binge-eating disorder differ, their warning signs and medical risks, evidence-based treatments such as CBT-E and family-based therapy, and routes to recovery. category: health-medicine subcategory: mental-health difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/eating-disorders --- # Eating Disorders Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses involving disturbed eating and body image. You will learn how anorexia, bulimia and binge-eating disorder differ, their warning signs and medical risks, evidence-based treatments such as CBT-E and family-based therapy, and routes to recovery. ## Available Resources 3 Books • 2 Websites • 2 Papers ## Books ### 1. Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Eating Disorders **Author:** Christopher G. Fairburn Clinician's treatment manual for enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E). It sets out the transdiagnostic theory of eating disorders and gives a session-by-session protocol for adults and adolescents across anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and related presentations. **Difficulty:** Advanced | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1593857098?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** cbt-e, cognitive behavioural therapy, eating disorders, transdiagnostic treatment, clinical manual ### 2. Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder, Third Edition **Author:** James Lock, Daniel Le Grange It is the standard carer-facing book for the best-supported adolescent treatment. Guide for parents by the developers of family-based treatment (FBT). It explains how anorexia, bulimia and related disorders affect adolescents, and how parents can take charge of refeeding and work with a treatment team. It includes case examples. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1462557120?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** family-based treatment, adolescent eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, parents and carers ### 3. Overcoming Binge Eating, Second Edition **Author:** Christopher G. Fairburn Two-part book by the psychiatrist who developed CBT for eating disorders. Part one explains the science of binge eating. Part two is a self-help programme based on CBT-E that has been tested in trials for binge-eating disorder and bulimia nervosa. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1572305614?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, cbt self-help, cbt-e ## Papers ### 1. APA Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Eating Disorders (4th Edition, 2023) **Author:** American Psychiatric Association Work Group on Eating Disorders American Psychiatric Association guideline with 16 recommendations on screening, assessment, and psychotherapy and medication for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder. The page links the full guideline, the AJP executive summary and a free patient guide. It adds a US, psychiatry-focused view to NICE, including more detail on medication (e.g. lisdexamfetamine for BED). **Difficulty:** Advanced | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/clinical-practice-guidelines/eating-disorders **Tags:** clinical guidelines, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, psychopharmacology ### 2. Eating Disorders: A Guide to Medical Care (AED Report, 4th Edition) **Author:** AED Medical Care Standards Committee Short clinical guide from the Academy for Eating Disorders, known as the 'purple book'. It covers how to recognise eating disorders early, the medical complications of each disorder, warning signs that need hospital care, refeeding syndrome risk, and ongoing medical monitoring. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.aedweb.org/medical-care-standards **Tags:** medical complications, refeeding syndrome, eating disorders, medical monitoring ## Websites ### 1. Eating Disorders (NIMH Health Topic) US National Institute of Mental Health overview of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder. It describes their signs and symptoms, health risks, risk factors and treatment options, with free brochures, prevalence statistics and links to clinical trials. It explains how the three main disorders differ and what their warning signs are, and it contains no diet-culture framing. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/eating-disorders **Tags:** anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, warning signs, mental health ### 2. Eating disorders: recognition and treatment (NICE guideline NG69) **Author:** National Guideline Alliance This is the reference standard for which treatments work for each eating disorder, based on systematic review of the evidence. UK national clinical guideline covering how to recognise, assess and treat anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder and OSFED. It covers recommended psychological therapies such as CBT-ED and family therapy, physical health monitoring, and care for children and adults. **Difficulty:** Advanced | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng69 **Tags:** clinical guidelines, nice, eating disorders, cbt-ed, family therapy, osfed --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/eating-disorders