Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Carrie Arnold -- The family context: cause, effect or resource / Anna Konstantellou, Mari Campbell and Ivan Eisler -- The links between genes and the environment in the shaping of personality / Janet Treasure and Natalie Kanakam -- Neurobiology explanations for puzzling behaviours / Walter H. Kaye, Ursula F. Bailer and Megan Klabunde -- Emotions and empathic understanding: capitalizing on relationships in those with eating disorders / Nancy Zucker ... [et al.] -- Modifiable risk factors that can be translated into prevention or resilience / Susan J. Paxton -- Obesity and eating disorders / Emma Dove and Susan Byrne -- Introduction / Laura (Collins) Lyster-Mensh -- Physical effects of eating disorders / C. Laird Birmingham -- The role of nutrition: what has food got to do with it? / Susan Hart ... [et al.] -- Pharmacotherapy of eating disorders / Leora David, Allegra Broft and B. Timothy Walsh -- Psychotherapies in eating disorders / Tracey D. Wade and Hunna J. Watson -- Families as an integral part of the treatment team: treatment culture and standard of care challenges / Renee Rienecke Hoste, Angela Celio Doyle and Daniel le Grange -- Effectively engaging the family in treatment / Stephanie Milstein and Carrie Arnold -- Involving careers: a skills-based learning approach / Elizabeth Goddard, Simone Raenker and Janet Treasure -- The therapeutic alliance in cognitive behavioural therapy for adults with eating disorders / Jane Evans and Glenn Waller -- Integrating dialectical behaviour therapy and family-based treatment for multidiagnostic adolescent patients / Anita Federici and Lucene Wisniewski -- Couples therapy for anorexia nervosa / Cynthia M. Bulik, Donald H. Baucom and Jennifer S. Kirby -- Relapse prevention / Marion P. Olmsted, Jacqueline C. Carter and Kathleen M. Pike -- Introduction / Eric van Furth -- Childhood and adulthood: when do eating disorders start and do treatments differ? / Peter M. Doyle, Angela Smyth and Daniel le Grange -- Recognising and diagnosing early onset eating disorders / Sloane Madden -- Food phobia of childhood / Julie O'Toole -- Unravelling binge eating disorder / Angélica M. Claudino and Christina M. Morgan -- Eating disorders in women of African descent / Stefanie Gilbert -- Eating disorders and athletes / Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen and Solfrid Bratland-Sanda -- Male eating disorders / John F. Morgan -- Introduction / Claire Vickery -- Narrowing the psychotherapy research-practice gap / Kristin M. von Ranson and Ann M. Laverty -- Why carers need to know about research / Susan Ringwood -- Promoting a full agenda of rights / Lynn S. Grefe -- The patient-family-clinician-researcher quest for quality care / Mary Tantillo.

This text emphasises and explains the importance of family involvement as part of a unified team approach towards the treatment and recovery of eating disorders.