Based on the only evidence-based randomized controlled trial yet undertaken in patients with severe and enduing anorexia nervosa, Managing Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa uses the results of that trial to present a new paradigm for treatment. Moreover, this informative new text assembles the leading scientists across three continents to provide a comprehensive overview and new paradigm for treatment and stimulate interest in the development of new psychosocial approaches. Students, clinicians, and researchers in the field of eating disorders will find this edited volume a valuable reference handbook in the clinical management of patients with anorexia nervosa.

1 What Do We Know About Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa? 2 Quality of Life and Psychosocial Functioning in Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa. 3 Perpetuating Factors in Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa. 4 How Does Anorexia Nervosa Become Resistant to Change? 5 Treating Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa: A Randomized Control Trial. 6 Managing the Patient with Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa. 7 Specialist Supportive Clinical Management for Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa (SSCM-SE): A Clinician's Manual. 8 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa. 9 Administering Treatments for SE-AN: Examples from Treatment Experiences. 10 Who is Best Placed to Treat Clients with Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa? 11 Hospital Admissions in Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa: When to Admit, When Not to Admit, and When to Stop Admitting. 12 Is Involuntary (Compulsory) Treatment Ever Justified in Patients with SE-AN: An International Perspective. 13 Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa: A New Approach to its Diagnosis, Features, and Treatment. 14 The Role of Palliative Care in Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa. 15 Treating Males with SE-AN: Different than Females? 16 Pharmacotherapy and Novel Biological Approaches in SE-AN: Helpful or Harmful? 17 A Life Wasted: The Patient Perspective.