Oxford Handbook of Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders

<p>Inspired by the increasing need to consider developmental factors in understanding the etiology and treatment of mental diseases <em>The Oxford Handbook of Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders: Developmental Perspectives</em> takes an innovative approach to topics surrounding eating disorders in children and early adolescents.</p><p>Acknowledging the distinct differences in the development and treatment of eating disorders across age ranges this volume addresses developmental factors in clinical presentation diagnosis and treatment response in eating disorders.</p><p>With sections devoted to feeding disorders of infancy and younger children eating problems of early childhood and the middle-school age period early childhood and adolescent 'triggers' such as media exposure and family evolution and future directions in developmental research for eating disorders <em>The Oxford Handbook of Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders: Developmental Perspectives </em>is an authoritative work for the next decade of developmental research.</p>