Hot Topics in the Treatment of Eating Disorders, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics of North America

In this issue of Psychiatric Clinics, guest editors Drs. Lauren Schaefer and Brianne Richson bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Hot Topics in the Treatment of Eating Disorders. Top experts highlight current, key topics in the clinical practice of eating disorder management, with goal of helping clinicians to better understand how to engage patients from all backgrounds and with varying presentations in eating disorder treatment; appropriately assess and manage common co-occurring conditions within the context of eating disorder treatment; and consider the potential promise (and pitfalls) of emerging therapeutic approaches to eating disorder treatment.Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including atypical (other or unspecified) eating disorders; classification and treatment of severe and enduring anorexia nervosa; working with patients with marginalized gender or sexual identities, or from marginalized racial or ethnic backgrounds, in eating disorder treatment; innovative pharmacological approaches to eating disorder treatment; leveraging technology to enhance eating disorder treatment outcomes; and moreProvides in-depth clinical reviews on hot topics in the treatment of eating disorders, offering actionable insights for clinical practicePresents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews