Encyclopedia of Feeding and Eating Disorders

923 Pages·2017·15.935 MB·English

by  Tracey Wade (eds.)

Tracey Wade
Editor
Encyclopedia of
Feeding and Eating
Disorders
Encyclopedia of Feeding and Eating
Disorders
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Tracey Wade
Editor
Encyclopedia of Feeding
and Eating Disorders
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Editor
TraceyWade
SchoolofPsychology
FlindersUniversity
Adelaide,SA,Australia
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Toallthosecolleagues,reviewers,students,andclientswhohave
inspired me to try to make a meaningful contribution to our
understanding of feeding and eating disorders
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Preface
ThisscholarlyEncyclopediaofFeedingandEatingDisordersaimstopresenta
comprehensiveoverviewofthefieldbyavarietyofexpertscurrentlyworking
and researching in this area. Given the changes to this diagnostic category
introduced in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,
Fifth Edition (DSM-5) in 2013, it seems timely to produce such a resource.
Theencyclopediaandassociatedweb-basedmaterialcoversfeedingandeating
disorders from “bench to bedside,” with respect to genetics, biology, and
neuroscience through to theory and its application in developing clinical
approachestothepreventionandtreatmentoffeedingandeatingdisorders.
In order for this work to become a reality, it required hard and dedicated
workfromastrongeditorialteamwhoarerecognizedasleadersinthefieldof
eating disorders in order to commission the breadth of quality contributions
thatwerenecessaryforsuchawork.Thisteamincludedthefollowingpeople:
KarinaAllenfromtheUniversityofWesternAustralia(comorbidities),Kelly
BergfromtheUniversityofMinnesota(assessment),MichaelKohnfromthe
UniversityofSydney(medicalissues),GlennWaller(UniversityofSheffield)
and Ulrike Schmidt (King’s College London) working together on the
evidence-based treatment section, Jennifer Wildes from the University of
Pittsburgh (classification and epidemiology), and Simon Wilksch from Flin-
dersUniversityinSouthAustralia(prevention).
Suchascholarlyworkwouldnotbepossiblewithoutthecontributionofmany
differentauthorsacrossmanydifferentcountries,generouslysharingtheirexpert
summaryofthecurrentstateofplayofourunderstandingoftheissuesthatimpact
onfeedingandeatingdisordersandhowtoworkwiththesedisorders.Itismyhope
thatbybringingtogethersuchadiverseandlearnedrangeofcontributionsthatwe
canmoveclosertobetterpreventingandtreatingfeedingandeatingdisordersin
suchawaythatminimizesthenegativeimpactthattheycanhaveonsomanylives.
Theencyclopediawillhaveanimportantimpactonalargeaudienceasthe
material covers basic through to more advanced topics. It will not only be
particularlyusefultoindividualsearlyintheircareersofresearchandclinical
training,butalsotomoreadvancedprofessionalswhoareinterestedinfeeding
and eating disorders as part of a range of research or clinical interests, as it
providesapractical“onhand”perspectiveforsuchindividuals.
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About the Editor
Tracey Wade completeda Masters of Clinical Psychology at the Australian
NationalUniversityin1992,aPh.D.atFlindersUniversityin1998,andapost
doctoral fellowship in the USA during 1999 at the Virginia Institute for
Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics under the supervision of Professors
CynthiaBulikandKennethKendler.Since2000,shehasworkedintheSchool
of Psychology at Flinders University, South Australia, where she currently
holdsapositionasaProfessor.ShewasawardedtheAustralianPsychological
Society(APS)IanMCampbellMemorialPrizeforoutstandingcontributionto
thescientificorprofessionalstatusofClinicalPsychologyinAustraliain2000,
and in 2003 she was awarded the APS Early Career Award. She served as
Editor-in-ChiefoftheAPSjournalClinicalPsychologistfrom2010to2014.
From 2017 to 2021, she will serve as Associate Editor for the International
JournalofEatingDisorders.
Dr.Wadehasworkedasaclinicianintheareaofeatingdisordersforalmost
30years.Sheisonthemanagementcommitteeresponsiblefortheoversight
and development of the new Statewide Eating Disorders Service in South
Australiaand isamemberoftheSteeringCommittee oftheNationalEating
Disorder Collaboration. Her current research interests are in the etiology
(including genetic epidemiology), prevention, and treatment of eating disor-
dersandperfectionism.Shehascowritten2booksonthetreatmentofperfec-
tionismandhasover160publicationsinpeer-reviewedjournals.In2015,she
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