Eating Disorders: Understanding Causes, Controversies, and Treatment [2 volumes]

This encyclopedia offers a variety of resources for readers interested in learning more about eating disorders, including hundreds of reference entries, interviews, scholarly debates, and case studies.• Reflects recent changes in approaches to eating disorders brought about by the publication of the latest edition of the DSM• Explores key issues related to eating disorders and models critical thinking and argument construction in the Controversies and Debates section• Offers insights from a variety of perspectives expounded upon in interviews with scholars, eating disorder professionals, patients, and family members• Gives readers a "real world" look at the many ways eating disorders can manifest and progress in the Case Illustrations section

About the Author

Justine J. Reel , PhD, LPC, CMPC, is Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and exercise science professor in the College of Health and Human Services at the University of North Carolina–Wilmington.