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E-grāmata: Getting Better Bite by Bite: A Survival Kit for Sufferers of Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorders 2nd edition [Taylor & Francis e-book]

(Kings College London and Consultant Psychiatrist South London and Maudsely NHS Foundation Trust, UK), (South London and Maudsley Hospital and Professor at Kings College London, UK), (writer, editor, newspaper columnist, Australia)
  • Formāts: 168 pages, 6 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 24 Illustrations, black and white
  • Izdošanas datums: 25-Sep-2015
  • Izdevniecība: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9781315754017
  • Taylor & Francis e-book
  • Cena: 133,40 €*
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  • Standarta cena: 190,58 €
  • Ietaupiet 30%
  • Formāts: 168 pages, 6 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 24 Illustrations, black and white
  • Izdošanas datums: 25-Sep-2015
  • Izdevniecība: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9781315754017

Getting Better Bite by Bite is an essential, authoritative and evidence-based self-help programmethat has been used by bulimia sufferersfor over 20 years. This new edition maintains the essence of the original book, while updating its content for today's readers, drawing on the latest knowledge of the biology and psychology of bulimia and its treatment.

The book provides step-by-step guidance for change based on solid research. The use of everyday language, stimulating contemporary case study story-telling and evocative illustrations inBite by Bite provide encouragement, hope and new perspectives for all readers.

This handy-sized book fills a need for easy-to-understand information about Bulimia Nervosa, a serious and prevalent eating disorder. Ulrike Schmidt and Janet Treasure are world-renowned researchers and authorities on eating disorders, and June Alexander, a former sufferer of anorexia and bulimia, is a respected writer and internationally-known eating disorder awareness advocate.Getting Better Bite by Bite is a valuable resource - for sufferers, for their families, and for the health professionals and carers treating them.

About the authors xiii
Introduction 1(5)
A few words of caution
3(1)
What this book can and can't do
4(2)
1 The way forward 6(12)
Do I suffer from bulimia?
6(1)
How to use this book
7(2)
First steps
9(2)
Back to the future
11(2)
Making your decision to go
13(2)
How to stage your journey
15(3)
2 Tools for the journey 18(10)
How to facilitate change by keeping a therapeutic diary
18(4)
New skills to cope with old difficulties
22(6)
3 Dieting: A health warning 28(13)
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
28(1)
In the healthy weight range
29(4)
Health hazards of dieting
33(1)
How much do I need to eat?
34(1)
Achieving optimal weight and shape
34(3)
Regaining eating control
37(4)
4 The black hole of the insatiable stomach 41(10)
Why can't I control my eating?
43(1)
How to stop binges
43(6)
Lapses
49(2)
5 Having your cake and eating it, too 51(8)
Facing the facts
52(1)
Why you are right to worry
52(1)
What type of weight controller are you?
53(1)
How to stop vomiting
54(3)
How to stop abusing laxatives, diuretics, medications
57(2)
6 Learning to feel good about your body 59(8)
How body image problems are caused and maintained
61(2)
Getting to know your body
63(1)
Looking after your body
64(1)
Other helpful strategies
64(1)
Living with your body
65(2)
7 Being fatter may be better 67(10)
Health risks in being overweight
68(1)
Nothing beautiful about dieting
68(2)
Avoiding the lonely trap
70(1)
Shake, shake, shake your body
70(7)
8 Relapse: Walking in circles — or not 77(5)
Preventing slips
77(1)
What to do if a slip occurs
78(1)
Add pleasure to your day
78(4)
9 Childhood wounds 82(12)
Sexual abuse
85(1)
Trying to make sense of it
86(5)
Grappling with guilt and self-blame
91(1)
After-effects of abuse
92(1)
Get a toehold on trust
92(1)
Coming to terms
93(1)
10 Food for thought 94(18)
Feeling like you don't fit in
95(1)
The gloom-and-doom scenario
96(1)
When life is dreadful
96(3)
Wracked by guilt
99(1)
Please, please them
99(4)
When control gets out of control
103(5)
Defusing self-defeating thoughts
108(2)
Shoo away shame
110(2)
11 Finding your voice 112(7)
Learning to stand your ground
114(1)
Anything for a quiet life
115(1)
Ground rules for assertive behaviour
115(1)
Putting assertiveness into practice
116(3)
12 The seduction of self-destruction 119(10)
The slippery slope of alcohol and drugs
120(2)
When to worry about alcohol intake
122(4)
Living dangerously
126(1)
Spending what you don't have
127(2)
13 Web of life: Parents, partners, children and friends 129(14)
At home with the family
129(3)
Friends
132(2)
Sexual relationships
134(4)
Children
138(5)
14 Working to live, living to work 143(8)
Common work problems
144(7)
15 The end of your journey — or not 151(4)
If you are still stuck
152(1)
Time to get real about you
152(1)
Recovery: An adventure in self-discovery
153(2)
16 Where to get help and support 155(12)
Worldwide eating disorder advocacy organizations
156(4)
Books and other resources
160(1)
Further reading
161(6)
Appendix 167
Ulrike Schmidt is Professor of Eating Disorders at Kings College London and a consultant psychiatrist in the Eating Disorders Unit at the Maudsley Hospital, London, UK. Her research covers all aspects of eating disorders, from causes to treatments. She has a particular interest in developing novel treatments, especially brief interventions that can be widely disseminated. She is the author of several popular self-help books and award-winning online therapy programmes.

Janet Treasure, OBE, PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, is a professor and a psychiatrist who works in research and teaching at Kings College London and as a clinician at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust,( www.the.newmaudsleyapproach.co.uk). Professor Treasure's research interests include conjoint working with patients and carers using translational research to develop new forms of treatment.

June Alexander developed anorexia nervosa at age 11, an illness that challenged and shaped her life. A love of words became a survival tool. She kept a diary and developed a journalism career. Since 2006, June has applied lived experience and literary skills to write about eating disorders. A PhD candidate, June serves on Australian and international organisations, including AED, F.E.A.S.T. and NEDC. Her website: www.junealexander.com.