Nation's Leading Eating Disorders Treatment Center Offers a New
Comprehensive Guide to the Mysterious World of Eating Disorders
PHOENIX, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Remuda Programs for Eating Disorders (http://www.remudaranch.com), the nation's leading and largest inpatient treatment center for women and girls suffering from eating disorders, has published Eating Disorders: A Handbook of Christian Treatment, a comprehensive guide to the mysterious world of eating disorders. The handbook explains eating disorders, along with proper assessment and intervention, across the bio-psycho-social-spiritual continuum. It was written by a multidisciplinary team to be of value to a broad range of healthcare and pastoral professionals, practitioners, educators and students. The handbook offers state-of-the-art, scientifically valid knowledge of anorexia and bulimia nervosa, integrated carefully with non-denominational Christianity.
"There are very few comprehensive treatment manuals to guide healthcare professionals in treating eating disorders," said Edward Cumella, PhD, executive director of Remuda Programs for Eating Disorders. "Because we're the leading eating disorder treatment center in the nation, with the most successful outcomes, it was our mission to educate healthcare professionals about the best methods of treating these deadly diseases."
Currently, there are no treatment manuals for eating disorders that
integrate scientifically valid and Biblically based approaches. Eating
Disorders: A Handbook of Christian Treatment explores eating disorders as
multi-dimensional illnesses. The biological dimension includes human
genetics, neurochemistry, nutrition and medications. The psychological
dimension spans emotions, thinking patterns, personal choice and free will.
The social dimension centers on peers, family and intimate relationships
influenced by unique cultural pressures. The spiri
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