The book is intended as a practical guide to setting up, staffing and running eating disorders services. The guidance and advice given is based on the experience of the eating disorder service at the Royal Free, which does not have specialised beds, but which is nevertheless considered to offer one of the best services in the UK.

About the Author vii Acknowledgements ix Introduction xi Chapter 1: Establishing a Home-oriented Service 1 Chapter 2: Staff 19 Chapter 3: Initial Outpatient Assessment 32 Chapter 4: Physical Assessment and Monitoring 57 Chapter 5: Psychological Interventions 80 Chapter 6: Day Care 103 Chapter 7: Liaison and Outreach 122 Chapter 8: Inpatient Care 141 Chapter 9: Rehabilitation: Dealing with Seed 165 Chapter 10: Technical and Academic Aspects 177 References 191 Index 193

Community Treatment of Eating Disorders describes how to put together a team that will deliver community-based treatment to a range of people with eating disorders. Rooted in clinical experience, it is based on a model service established in London and provides professionals with a detailed guide to the provision of care from the initial stages of the eating disorder through to long-term Severe and Enduring Eating Disorder (SEED) reached by a proportion of sufferers. This innovative guide provides a new approach for efficient outpatient assessment, a comprehensive approach to effective physical monitoring, a new method of assessing muscle power (the SUSS test) and a full description of day hospital treatment for eating disorders. Individual, group and family therapy are described and useful case histories are used throughout. All aspects of setting up and running a service are covered, including: funding, management and ensuring safetytraining and supporting staffimproving team moraleestablishing liaison and outreachusing inpatient care and supporting patients in hospitalengaging in training, teaching and research. Flexible in its approach, Community Treatment of Eating Disorders enables professionals to replicate the methods in their own contexts. It is a vital tool for all health care professionals working with eating disorders, and for those involved in the funding, planning and implementation of services.

"I would definitely recommend this book. It will appeal to a wide audience due to its easy-to-read format and will be applicable to different people … Informative and full of useful advice." (Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, July 2008)