Table of Contents

1: Introduction
2: Binge Eating and Purging
3: Health Effects of Binge Eating and Purging
4: Treatments for Binge Eating and Purging
5: Evidence for the Effectiveness of Guided Self-Help
Part 2: A Step-by-Step Approach to Treatment
6: An Assessment of Your Eating Problems: Is it Time to Begin Treatment?
7: Understanding and Applying the CBT Model
8: Using Daily Food Records to Monitor Eating
9: Establishing a Regular Pattern of Eating plus Weekly Weighing
10: Feared and Problem Foods
11: Body Image Concerns
12: Handling Intense Moods and Emotions
13: Working through Problem Situations and Thoughts
14: Handling Challenging People
15: Relapse Prevention and Maintenance of Change
About the Authors

About the Author

W. Stewart Agras is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford School of Medicine.

Robin F. Apple is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford School of Medicine.