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Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is a common eating disorder diagnosis that describes children and adults who cannot meet their nutritional needs, typically because of sensory sensitivity, fear of adverse consequences and/or apparent lack of interest in eating or food. This book is the first of its kind to offer a specialist treatment, specifically for ARFID. Developed, refined and studied in response to this urgent clinical need, this book outlines a specialiZed cognitive-behavioral treatment: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (CBT-AR). This treatment is designed for patients across all age groups, supported by real-life case examples and tools to allow clinicians to apply this new treatment in their own clinical settings.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Dedication; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. What is ARFID?; 2. Overview of existing treatments for feeding, eating, and anxiety disorders; 3. Assessment of ARFID; 4. Cognitive-behavioral model of ARFID; 5. Overview of CBT-AR; 6. Stage 1: Psychoeducation and early change; 7. Stage 2: treatment planning; 8. Stage 3: maintaining mechanisms in order of priority; 9. Stage 4: relapse prevention; 10. CBT-AR case examples; 11. Conclusion and future directions; Appendix 1: CBT-AR competence ratings; Appendix 2: CBT-AR adherence: session-by-session ratings; References; Index.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Jennifer Thomas is Co-director of the Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, and an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.Kamryn Eddy is Co-director of the Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, and an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Zusammenfassung
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is a new diagnosis commonly encountered by a range of health care professionals, yet currently no standard of care exists. This book outlines a new cognitive-behavioral treatment for patients with ARFID that has been developed in response to this urgent clinical need.