Community Treatment of Eating DisordersISBN: 978-0-470-01675-6
Hardcover
218 pages
June 2006
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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Dr Paul Robinson is a consultant psychiatrist in eating
disorders psychiatry at the Russell Unit, Royal Free Hospital,
Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust. After
postgraduate training in general medicine he trained in psychiatry
at the Maudsley Hospital, was a family therapist and conducted
research into control of eating behaviour at the institute of
Psychiatry and Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. In the last eight
years at the Royal Free he has built up a multidisciplinary team
dedicated to the community approach to eating disorders, minimising
use of inpatient care and developing safe and effective ways to
provide treatment for these distressing, debilitating and at times
life-threatening conditions. The team has twice been in the final
of the Hospital Doctor Team of the Year Award. His present
interests are the treatment of severe and enduring eating disorder
(SEED), and the delivery of therapy via email, for which he reached
the final of the Medical Innovations Award. He lives in North
London.