Overview

Easy to read and illustrated with many real-life examples, this book addresses the specific problems faced on a daily basis by bulimia sufferers. The only self-help programme that has been evaluated in a randomised controlled trial, it provides detailed step-by-step advice for dealing with this condition. Unlike other less problem-oriented books currently available on the subject, this book concentrates on the key behaviour changes necessary for the sufferer to achieve a happier and more fulfilled life. Theory is closely interwoven with practice and the book draws together real problems and solutions experienced by hundreds of sufferers.

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Author:   Ulrike Schmidt (King's College London and Consultant Psychiatrist South London and Maudsely NHS Foundation Trust, UK) ,  Janet Treasure (South London and Maudsley Hospital and Professor at Kings College London, UK) ,  June Alexander (writer, editor and newspaper columnist, Australia) ,  Tom Treasure
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Psychology Press Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.255kg
ISBN:  

9780863773228

ISBN 10:   0863773222
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   15 September 1993
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Replaced By:   9781138797376
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction. A Few Words of Caution. What this Book Can and Can't Do. Further Reading. The Way Forward. Do I Suffer from Bulimia? How to Use this Book. First Steps. Back to the Future. Making Your Decision to Go. How to Stage Your Journey. Tools for the Journey. How to Keep a Therapeutic Diary. New Skills to Cope with Old Difficulties. Further Reading. Dieting: A Health Warning. Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder. What Weight is Healthy? The Health Hazards of Dieting. How Much Do I Need to Eat? Working with Your Body to Obtain Your Optimal Weight and Shape. How to Relearn Eating Control. Bingeing, Nibbling, and Compulsive Overeating: The Black Hole of the Never-satisfied Stomach. Why is My Eating Uncontrolled? How to Stop Binges. Lapses. Vomiting, Laxatives, and Diuretics: Have Your Cake and Eat it - Or Not? Facing the Facts? Why You are Right to Worry. What Type of Weight Controller are You? How to Stop Vomiting. How to Stop Abusing Laxatives, Diuretics and Other Medications. Learning to Feel Good about Your Body. Learning about Body Shapes. Getting to Know Your Body. Looking after Your Body. Living with Your Body. Note. Further Reading. Jack Spratt's Wife: Being Fatter May be Better. The Health Risks of being Overweight. Pie in the Sky. Only the Lonely. Shake, Shake, Shake Your Body. Further Reading. Relapse: Walking in Circles - Or Not? Preventing Slips from Occurring. What to Do if a Slip Occurs. A Woman's Work is Never Done - Or is It? The Wounds of Childhood. Sexual Abuse. Trying to Make Sense of It. Grapple with Guilt and Self-blame. Will the Effects Always be There? Get a Toehold onto Trust. Coming to Terms. Further Reading. Food for Thought. Toad in a Hole. The Gloom-and-Doom Scenario. Isn't Life Dreadful? Wracked by Guilt. Please, Please Them. The Dictatorship of Control. Over to You. Shake off Shame. Further Reading. Finding Your Voice. Learning to Stand Your Ground. Anything for a Quiet Life? Ground-rules for Assertive Behaviour. How to Put Assertiveness into Practice. Further Reading. The Seduction of Self-destruction. The Slippery Slope of Booze and Drugs. Should I be Worried about My Alcohol Intake? Do You Like Russian Roulette? If I were a Rich Man... Note. Further Reading. The Web of Life: Parents, Partners' Children, and Friends. Home, Sweet Home. Friends. Sexual Relationships. Children. Further Reading. Working to Live, Living to Work. Some Common Work Problems. Further Reading. Is This the End of the Journey - Or Not? But What if You are Still Stuck? Dream On, Baby. Recovery: A Trip into Uncharted Territory. Appendix. Some Useful Addresses.

Reviews

... clearly written, from a wealth of practical experience, and does indeed provide the sufferer with a 'survival kit' on the road to recovery. It can be recommended not only to sufferers, but to professionals dealing with these patients, and to family and friends who wish to become involved in the recovery process. - Anne Ward, Behaviour Research Therapy ... an excellent book, and a model for self-help manuals. The basics of bulimia nervosa and other binge eating disorders are explained in clear and simple language. - Padma de Silva, Sexual and Marital Therapy

It includes a wealth of clinical examples which illustrate the spectrum of the disorders, and with which the sufferer may identify. . .This book does not claim to be a cure, but says it 'can help you get much better, so that the eating disorder doesn't rule your life anymore.' It is clearly and directly written, from a wealth of practical experience, and does indeed provide the sufferer with a 'survival kit' on the road to recovery. It can be recommended, not only to sufferers, but to professionals dealing with these patients, and to family and friends who wish to become involved in the recovery process.. <br>-Anne Ward, Behavior Research and Therapy <br> This is an excellent book, and a model for self-help manuals. The basics of bulimia nervosa and other binge eating disorders are explained in clear, simple language. The suggested ways for self-help are carefully described, with examples. Essential information about food, the body, dieting, the ill-effects of vomiting and laxative abuse, is given. Areas of life that need to be looked into and modified in a comprehensive approach to these problems are discussed. Further readings, attractive and funny cartoons, and detailed practical advice with regard to how achieve one's aim, add to what the book has to offer. . .a splendid publication.. <br>-P. de Silva, Sexual and Marital Therapy <br> Well-motivated adults and older adolescents with mild to moderate disorders will find this book valuable ... Therapists will find it helpful either by incorporating some of its suggestions into their own practice, or recommending as reading to their clients.. <br>- Journal of Adolescence <br>

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