Foreign Bodies

<p><em>Foreign Bodies: Eating Disorders Childhood Sexual Abuse and Trauma-Informed Treatment</em> addresses the association between eating disorders and childhood sexual abuse proposing a new way of treating those suffering from eating disorders who were sexually abused as children. Based on testimonies of survivors of abuse who subsequently developed eating disorders it offers a new form of diagnosis and treatment arguing that the eating-disorder field often ignores the traumatic sources of eating disorders leading to some treatment programs not being commensurate and at times conflicting with the principles of childhood sexual abuse treatment.</p><p>The case studies used to highlight the link between childhood sexual abuse and eating disorders are presented from the perspective of the women involved in their own words. Their voices are supplemented by Gur’s own stance as a clinician specializing in the treatment of sexual abuse and CPTSD. The book is divided into three parts: the first deals with eating disorders childhood sexual abuse and the association between them; the second examines the treatment of eating disorders and childhood sexual abuse; and the third offers a new form of diagnosis and treatment for eating disorders.</p><p>This book will be of great interest to researchers and postgraduate students in the eating disorder field of psychotherapy psychology or psychiatry plus those studying the treatment of trauma. It will also be of interest to clinical dieticians psychologists social workers doctors nurses eating disorder specialists and policymakers in the mental health field as well as eating disorders sufferers and those who care for them.</p>