Rachel Bryant-Waugh is a highly experienced clinician and researcher whose career has been dedicated to the treatment and study of feeding and eating disorders in children and adolescents. She is an internationally leading figure in the fast developing field of ARFID.

Claire Higgins is a highly experienced clinician working in the field of feeding and eating disorders. She has a background of working in child and adolescent mental health and as a tutor on a national training programme for clinical psychologists. She is dedicated to the development of treatment for children presenting with ARFID.

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Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

PART 1

Perspectives

1. Young people's perspectives - LOUISE BRADBURY
2. Parent and carer views and experiences - SARA MILNE
3. Information from qualitative research - LUCY COOKE

PART II

Diagnosis and presentation

4. Overview of diagnosis and presentation - RACHEL BRYANT-WAUGH
5. Aetiology and epidemiology - NADIA MICALI AND CHRISTINE E. COOPER-VINCE
6. Baseline and outcome measures - LUCY COOKE

PART III

Assessment

7. Psychological assessment of child and family - CLAIRE HIGGINS AND PRABSHNY PILLAY
8. Nutritional and feeding assessment - SARAH CAWTHERLEY AND ELEANOR CONWAY
9. Physical assessment - LEE HUDSON AND EMMA PARISH
10. Assessment of sensory processing - HEATHER SCOTT AND KAREN RAY

PART IV

Management

11. Overview of treatment and management - RACHEL BRYANT-WAUGH
12. Nutritional management and tube weaning - SARAH CAWTHERLEY, CLAIRE HIGGINS AND ÚNA MCCRANN
13. Medical management - LEE HUDSON
14. Individual interventions -AMY SIDDALL, LOUISE BRADBURY AND SARA MILNE
15. Parent/carer and family interventions -PRABASHNY PILLAY AND CLAIRE HIGGINS
16. Group interventions - CATHERINE FROGLEY AND KAREN TAYLOR
17. Working with schools, nurseries and other agencies- AMY SIDDALL

PART V

Progress and future directions

18. Prognosis and outcome - ELAINE CHUNG
19. Future research directions - RACHEL BRYANT-WAUGH

Appendix - What Matters to Me?

Glossary

Subject Index