By 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.
The books below are written to be accessible to the public, but a mental health clinician who is not a specialist in eating disorders would learn much as well.
by Jennifer L. Gaudiani, MD, CEDS, FAED
This book addresses the health complications of eating disorders, including malnutrition, purging, bingeing, and so on.
by Jennifer J Thomas, PhD and Jenni Schaefer
This book is about how, while there is a categorical human-defined difference between anorexia nervosa and disordered eating that doesn’t meet diagnostic criteria, all persons with distorted relationships with food, exercise, and/or body are suffering, deserve treatment, and can recover.
Related Pages
Screening for eating disorders
Why it is important for all of us to screen for eating disorders
How to screen for eating disorders
A simple tool to screen for eating disorders
How to evaluate persons who have or may have an eating disorder
Binge-Eating Disorder Screener-7 (BEDS-7)
Clinicians’ guide to screening tests in mental health
Binge-eating disorder
What exactly is binge-eating disorder?
Binge-eating disorder screener-7 (BEDS-7)
What are the medication options for treating binge-eating disorder?
Lisdexamfetamine (Vyvanse®) for binge-eating disorder
Binge-eating disorder: Expert interview with Leslie Citrome, MD
Food addiction
Yale Food Addiction Scale
Instruction sheet for the Yale Food Addiction Scale
Resources for eating disorders
Best books about eating disorders (for patients and their families)
Best books about eating disorders (for clinicians)
Practice guidelines for Eating Disorders
What are the BEST books on each topic related to psychiatry/ mental health?
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