Anorexia
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Am I Experiencing Anorexia?
Anorexia (anorexia nervosa) is a condition characterized by the restriction of energy (food) intake relative to requirements, leading to a significant ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/am-i-experiencing-anorexia
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Anorexia Nervosa (Fairburn, Cooper, Shafran, 2003)
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by restriction of energy intake and intense fear of gaining weight. For women, the lifetime preva ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/cognitive-behavioral-model-of-anorexia-nervosa-fairburn-cooper-shafran-2003
Demanding Standards – Living Well With Your Personal Rules
Demanding Standards – Living Well With Your Personal Rules is a guide written for clients who have high or perfectionistic standards which cause th ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/demanding-standards-living-well-with-your-personal-rules
Discounting In Perfectionism – The Ratchet Effect
When individuals with perfectionism successfully meet their demanding standards, these accomplishments are often discounted as “easy to do,” “no ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/discounting-in-perfectionism-the-ratchet-effect
Eating And Your Energy Levels
The Eating and Your Energy Levels handout provides an overview of the relationship between food intake and energy levels. It graphically illustrates h ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/eating-and-your-energy-levels
Emotional Inhibition
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/emotional-inhibition
Overcoming Eating Disorders (Second Edition): Therapist Guide
Overcoming Eating Disorders comes in two volumes. This page is for the Therapist Guide. Click on the following link to access the Client Workbook.&nbs ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/overcoming-eating-disorders-therapist-guide
Overcoming Your Eating Disorder: Workbook
Overcoming Eating Disorders comes in two volumes. This page is for the Client Workbook. Click on the following link to access the accompanying Therapi ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/overcoming-your-eating-disorder-workbook
Recognizing Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa is characterized by the restriction of energy intake, leading to a severely low weight in the context of an individual’s age, heigh ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/recognizing-anorexia-nervosa
Starvation Syndrome – The Effects of Semi-Starvation
The Starvation Syndrome – Effects of Semi-Starvation handout provides an overview of the Minnesota Starvation Experiment and common symptoms of semi ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/starvation-syndrome-the-effects-of-semi-starvation
Therapy Blueprint (Universal)
A therapy blueprint is CBT tool which summarizes the work a therapist and patient have completed together. It represents the past (the problems, what ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/therapy-blueprint-universal
Understanding Anorexia
Our ‘Understanding…’ series is a collection of psychoeducation guides for common mental health conditions. Friendly and explanatory, they are co ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/understanding-anorexia
What Is Anorexia?
Our ‘What Is … ?’ series is a collection of one-page information handouts for common mental health conditions. Friendly and explanatory, handout ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/what-is-anorexia
What Keeps Anorexia Going?
The “What Keeps It Going?” series is a set of one-page diagrams explaining how common mental health conditions are maintained. Friendly and concis ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/what-keeps-anorexia-going
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Assessment
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Eating Attitudes Test 26 (EAT-26)
| Garner, Olmsted, Bohr, Garfinkel | 1982
- Test (PDF)
- Test (Word)
- Scoring and interpretation
- Website link
- Reference Garner et al. (1982). The Eating Attitudes Test: Psychometric features and clinical correlates. Psychological Medicine, 12, 871-878
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Eating Disorder Examination (EDE)
| Fairburn, Cooper, O’Connor | 2014
- Interview
- Questionnaire (EDE-Q)
- Questionnaire for Adolescents (EDE-A)
- Reference Fairburn, C. G., Cooper, Z., & O’Connor, M. (1993). The eating disorder examination. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 6, 1-8.
Guides and workbooks
- Taming the hungry bear: Your way to recover from chaotic overeating | Kate Williams
Information (Professional)
- Topics to cover when assessing the eating problem | Fairburn | 2008
Self-Help Programmes
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Break Free From ED (Workbook)
| Centre For Clinical Interventions | 2022
- Module 1: What Are Eating Disorders?
- Module 2: What Keeps Eating Disorders Going?
- Module 3: Understanding The Number On The Scale
- Module 4: Self-Monitoring
- Module 5: Food And Energy
- Module 6: Eating For Recovery - Part 1
- Module 6: Eating For Recovery - Part 2
- Module 8: Binge Eating
- Module 9: Purging
- Module 10: Driven Exercise
- Module 11: Body Image 1 - Body Checking
- Module 12: Body Image 2 - Body Avoidance
- Module 13: Core Beliefs
- Module 14: Maintaining Your Gains And Dealing With Setbacks
- Appendix: Getting Educated About Eating Disorders
Treatment Guide
- Eating Disorders: Recognition And Treatment (NICE Guideline) | NICE | 2020
- Cognitive Remediation Therapy For Anorexia Nervosa (Treatment Manual) | Tchanturia, Davies, Reeder, Sykes | 2010
- Group cognitive remediation therapy for adolescents with anorexia nervosa: The flexible thinking group | Maiden, Baker, Espie, Simic, Tchanturia | 2014
Video
- Eating disorders from the inside out | Dr Laura Hill | 2012