Main description:

This book outlines a whole new approach to therapy for eating disorders based on neuroscience.

Contents:

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The Neurobiological Contribution to Understanding the Development of an Eating Disorder: Neurobiological Underpinnings of Eating Disorders

Chapter 3 A Conceptual Gap: Current Ideas in Eating Disorders and the Need for a New Treatment Approach

Chapter 4 Filling the Conceptual Gap: The Development of Symbolisation from a Developmental Neuropsychoanalytic Perspective

Chapter 5 Proposing A New Model of the Mind in Eating Disorders

Chapter 6 Theory and Practice

Chapter 7 The Problem With CBT

Chapter 8 ILET Therapy With 'Emily'

Chapter 9 Conclusions

Postscript

Appendices

A: Glossary of Abbreviated Terms

B: The ILET Protocol

C: History Template

D: Information for Patients

E: Emotional Events Questionnaire (EEQ)

F. Baseline Measurements Pre- and Post-Treatment

G. Measures for Randomised Clinical Trials of ILET versus Treatment as Usual, CBT and/or IPT

References

Bibliography

Index