Treating Athletes with Eating Disorders : Bridging the Gap Between Sport and Clinical Worlds.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I Foundations for the Treatment of Eating Disorders -- 1 Diagnostically Speaking -- Clinical Diagnoses -- Comorbidity -- Diversity -- 2 Treatment Basics -- Goals -- Treatment Team -- Levels of Care -- Evidence-Based Psychotherapies -- Nutritional Considerations -- Weight -- Comorbidity -- Prohibited Substances in Sports -- 3 Defiance or Desperation: The Reality of Biologically Based Mental Illness -- Key Players -- Predispositions -- Intersection Between Neurobiology and Eating Disorder Symptomology -- Rewiring the Brain -- 4 Beyond the Brain: The Physical Effects of Disordered Eating Behaviors -- Restricting -- Purging -- Diabetes -- Bingeing -- Anabolic Steroid Abuse -- Sports Myths -- Part II Bridging the Gap -- 5 Shades of Gray -- Cultural Considerations -- Radical Acceptance of Athletic Excellence -- Sport-Specific Risk Factors -- 6 Me, Myself, and I: Honoring the Athlete -- Superpowers -- Kryptonite -- Identity Reconstructed -- 7 Objectified: Body Image in Sport -- Developmental Considerations -- Sex-Based Differences -- Sport-Specific Concerns -- Acceptance Doesn't Mean Approval -- 8 Imbalanced: Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) -- Low Energy Availability -- Diversity Considerations -- Screening and Risk Assessment -- Sport Participation -- 9 Passion versus Placation: Understanding Movement Among Athletes -- Variations of Overexercise -- Fitness Defined -- Periodization: Planned Training With a Purpose -- Reading Between the Lines -- The Great Paradox: Exercise in Treatment -- Exercise Redefined -- Part III Leveraging Past Success -- 10 A Case Against Perfection -- 11 The Willingness to Suffer -- Make Suffering Meaningful -- Break Suffering Down.

Suffer With HEART -- 12 The Power of Competition -- Values -- Daily Competitions -- Podium Meals -- Warm-ups -- Adversity Response Plans -- 13 Lasting Belief: Confidence in Recovery -- A Matter of Math -- Daily Wins -- Performance Goals -- Owning the Inner Dialogue -- The Mind's Eye -- 14 The Coach's Hat -- Training Plans -- Stairs to Success -- Conclusion -- Mental Skills Summary -- Index.

This book provides readers with concrete, tangible tools for treating athletes with eating disorders by discussing issues that are unique to this population and introducing specific ideas to help facilitate recovery among this population.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.