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BEST books about eating disorders: For clinicians

eating disorderBy Sarah O’Neil, MD (bio)

Dr. Sarah O’Neil is an Adult and Child Psychiatrist in private practice in Newton, Massachusetts, USA. She is also an Instructor of Psychiatry, Part-Time, at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Psychiatrist at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, USA. Much of her practice consists of people who are referred specifically for an evaluation and treatment recommendations of an eating disorder.


Handbook of Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders

Handbook of Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders

by Timothy Walsh MD, Evelyn Attia MD, Deborah R. Glasofer PhD and Robyn Sysko PhD

An excellent resource for diagnostic criteria, assessment tools, medical complications and medical, psychiatric/psychological, family and nutritional essential and evidence-based treatments


Eating Disorders and Obesity: A Comprehensive Handbook

Eating Disorders and Obesity: A Comprehensive Handbook

by Kelly D. Brownell PhD and B. Timothy Walsh MD

Read on Kindle here.

This book covers the extensive research on obesity as well as eating disorders, synthesizing information from the two separate yet overlapping fields.


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