Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
Author(s): Jennifer J. Thomas, Kamryn T. Eddy
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Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is a common eating disorder diagnosis that describes children and adults who cannot meet their nutritional needs, typically because of sensory sensitivity, fear of adverse consequences and/or apparent lack of interest in eating or food. This book is the first of its kind to offer a specialist treatment, specifically for ARFID. Developed, refined and studied in response to this urgent clinical need, this book outlines a specialiZed cognitive-behavioral treatment: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (CBT-AR). This treatment is designed for patients across all age groups, supported by real-life case examples and tools to allow clinicians to apply this new treatment in their own clinical settings.
- Fills a desperate gap in the market for a specialist treatment for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), providing mental health professionals with information and guidance in how to treat patients
- This treatment can be offered to all age groups and therefore there is no need to learn multiple therapies
- A comprehensive therapy that addresses diagnostic heterogeneity within ARFID; clinicians can select specific modules that are relevant to the patient's primary ARFID maintaining mechanisms
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