Community Treatment of Eating DisordersISBN: 978-0-470-01675-6
Hardcover
218 pages
April 2006
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The book is intended as a practical guide to setting up, staffing
and running eating disorders services. The guidance and advice
given is based on the experience of the eating disorder service at
the Royal Free, which does not have specialised beds, but which is
nevertheless considered to offer one of the best services in the
UK. Each element of the service will be considered from referral,
inpatient and outpatient treatment, service evaluation and
multi-disciplinary teamworking. The book also discuss’s
innovative approaches in treatment, including an evaluation of
Email Bulimia Therapy.
- Ties in with NICE guidelines, which highlight the need for local services for treating eating disorders
- Offers practical guidance on setting up a community model of treatment and on working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Based on the Royal Free experience – their Eating Disorders Service has twice been a finalist in the Hospital Doctor Team of the Year awards