* Provides medical clinicians as well as others with an acute awareness of the critical and potentially lethal medical outcomes they may have to face when managing those with eating disorders * Over twenty real case presentations each offers an essential piece of the medial puzzle clinicians are faced to manage * In-depth descriptions of several critical medical risks are given including refeeding syndrome, prolonged QTc interval, several dysrhythmias, cardiac anomalies, cardiac valve disorders including mitral valve prolapse, metabolic abnormalities, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, and infections

* Provides medical clinicians as well as others with an acute awareness of the critical and potentially lethal medical outcomes they may have to face when managing those with eating disorders * Over twenty real case presentations each offers an essential piece of the medial puzzle clinicians are faced to manage * In-depth descriptions of several critical medical risks are given including refeeding syndrome, prolonged QTc interval, several dysrhythmias, cardiac anomalies, cardiac valve disorders including mitral valve prolapse, metabolic abnormalities, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, and infections

Taking a Detailed Eating Disorder History educates health care clinicians of all backgrounds on how to best acquire a detailed eating disorder history and expands the clinical standard and effectiveness of history taking for a more thorough treatment of eating disorders. It describes the vast permutations and possible combinations of over 100 eating disorder behaviors as well as their connections to emotional and social triggers. Readers will also gain a stronger understanding of complicating factors related to eating disorders, such as diabetes, pregnancy, inflammatory bowel disease, and metabolic disorders, as well as drug and alcohol use, difficult relationships, and emotional strife. This informative new resource will be essential for any care provider of those with eating disorders.

Taking a Detailed Eating Disorder History educates health care clinicians of all backgrounds on how to best acquire a detailed eating disorder history and expands the clinical standard and effectiveness of history taking for a more thorough treatment of eating disorders. It describes the vast permutations and possible combinations of over 100 eating disorder behaviors as well as their connections to emotional and social triggers. Readers will also gain a stronger understanding of complicating factors related to eating disorders, such as diabetes, pregnancy, inflammatory bowel disease, and metabolic disorders, as well as drug and alcohol use, difficult relationships, and emotional strife. This informative new resource will be essential for any care provider of those with eating disorders.