Bryan Lask trained at the University of London and was a consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry at Great Ormond Street Hospital for 25 years. There, with Rachel Bryant-Waugh, he initiated the first early onset eating disorders programme in the UK. Subsequently he has written 11 books and over 200 papers. He is Past-President of the Eating Disorders Research Society and recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy for Eating Disorders.

Rachel Bryant-Waugh is Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Joint head of the Feeding and Eating Disorders Service at Great Ormond Street Hospital. She is also Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Child Health, University College London. She obtained a PhD from the University of Sussex investigating children with eating disorders, and trained as a clinical psychologist in London. She has specialised in feeding and eating difficulties in children for many years, has taught and published widely in this field and is an internationally respected expert. She is recipient of the 2012 Academy for Eating Disorders Leadership Award for Clinical, Educational and Academic Service.

Preface. Part I: Perspectives. Nunn, The Sensitivities that Hinder and the Sensitivities that Heal. Caroline, A Child¿s Perspective. Simons, A Parent¿s Perspective. Part II: Assessment and Course. Bryant-Waugh, Lask, Overview. Nicholls, Aetiology. Katzman, Steinegger, Physical Assessment. Nicholson, Psychological Assessment. Frampton, Rose, Eating Disorders and the Brain. Gowers, Outcome. Part III: Management. Lask, Bryant-Waugh, Overview. Wiig, Lask, Therapeutic Engagement. Hart, Nutrition and Refeeding. Herscovici, Family Approaches. Watkins, Cognitive Behavioural Approaches. Troupp, Individual Psychotherapy. Owen, Lindvall, Lask, Cognitive Remediation Therapy. Stewart, Ta, Ethical and Legal Issues.