Understanding Teen Eating Disorders

By:   Cris E. Haltom, Cathie Simpson, Mary Tantillo
Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm, 
Weight:   280g
ISBN:   9781138068834
ISBN 10:   1138068837
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   07 March 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Further / Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Cris E. Haltom is a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist who has treated eating disorders in her private practice in Ithaca, NY, for over 30 years. She has presented eating disorder training workshops at national and local conferences. She is past Education and Prevention Liaison of the Western New York Comprehensive Care Centers for Eating Disorders and she authored A Stranger at the Table: Dealing with Your Child’s Eating Disorder (2004, Ronjon Publishing). She published research on her co-authored eating disorder education program, the Parent Partner Program TM. In addition to her clinical psychology practice, she is a Lecturer at Ithaca College in the Department of Psychology. Cathie Simpson lives and works in Ithaca, NY, where she is a psychotherapist and editor. Her interests are diverse. She coauthored the book American Dresses 1780-1900 with Elsie Frost McMurry (2001, Cornell University) and published the book Remembering Infancy: Adult Memories of the First Months of Life (2014, Scholars’ Press). Once a month, she facilitates the local pet-loss group. Mary Tantillo is a fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Professor of Clinical Nursing at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, and Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. She has directed the Western NY Comprehensive Care Center for Eating Disorders since 2005 and founded The Healing Connection Inc. in 2010. Dr. Tantillo has treated eating disorders across all levels of care for over thirty years. She has presented and published research and clinical work on a relational/motivational approach to eating disorder treatment with a special focus on the use of Multifamily Therapy Group.