Severe and Enduring Eating Disorder (SEED) by Paul Robinson

Severe and Enduring Eating Disorder (SEED) by Paul Robinson

Eating disorders are usually regarded as acute illnesses that patients either recover from or die from. They are rarely classified as 'severe and enduring' in the same way as other metal disorders such as schizophrenia can be. Yet many patients suffering from eating disorders struggle with their condition for many years.

'To say that this book is timely is to make an understatementIt is overdue. Paul Robinson has done the field of eating disorders – patients, carers and professionals – a major service by tackling head-on important and damaging myths about eating disorders.

'In this short book, he sets out the case against the trivialisation and relative neglect of eating disorders in general and builds the case that in particular a substantial number of people, mainly with chronic Anorexia Nervosa, have disorders that are, by any rational standard, both severe and enduring. The book describes the problems of such people and how they may be approached and at least ameliorated. It is sensible, lively, useful and thought-provoking. All clinicians involved with eating disorders should read it.
--Professor Bob Palmer, Psychiatry, University of Leicester

"In an era of therapeutic optimism and belief in the healing powers of brief psychological therapies, the plight of people with severe and enduring eating disorders remains a neglected topic. Drawing on parallels and differences to other severe mental disorders, this unique book provides a sound and practical framework for working with these patients. Thoughtful, compassionate, easy-to-read, and imbued with the author's considerable clinical wisdom and research knowledge, this book fills an important gap."
--Professor Ulrike H. Schmidt, Professor of Eating Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London

Dr Paul Robinson is a Consultant Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders at the Russell Unit Eating Disorders Service, part of the St Ann's Eating Disorders Service, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust. He has been working in Eating Disorders Psychiatry for 23 years.

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ISBN 13	9780470062074
ISBN 10	047006207X
Title	Severe and Enduring Eating Disorder (SEED)
Author	Paul Robinson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons Inc
Year published	2009-03-27
Number of pages	184
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