Anorexia Nervosa

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library.  Anorexia nervosa is often characterized by an excessive fear of becoming overweight, body image disturbances, significant weight loss, refusal to maintain minimal normal weight, and amenorrhea. This disorder occurs most frequently in adolescent females.  Untreated, Anorexia nervosa can be fatal. 

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected journal articles / More reference sources / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources

Guides

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-IV-TR,  4th ed.
        REF WM 15 D53 2000

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries

Fairburn, Christopher and  Kelly Brownell (eds.).  Eating disorders and obesity: a comprehensive handbook. , 2nd ed.
        WM 175 E272 2002

Garner, David M. and Paul E. Garfinkel (eds.). Handbook of treatment for eating disorders.
        WM 175 H262 1997

Sadler, Michele J. Encyclopedia of human nutrition. v. 2, p.623-30.
        REF QU E629 1999

Friedman, Howard S. (ed).  Encyclopedia of mental health. v. 1, p.111-8.
        REF WM 13 M467 1998

Kahn, Ada P. and Jan Fawcett.  The encyclopedia of mental health, 2nd ed. p. 152-3.
        REF WM 100 K136 2001

Selected textbooks

Michel, Deborah M.   When dieting becomes dangerous : a guide to understanding and treating anorexia and bulimia.
        CONSUMER HEALTH WM 175 M423 2003

Ronen, Tammie.  In and out of anorexia : the story of the client, the therapist and the process of recovery.
       WM 175 R664 2001

Lask, Bryan and Rachel Bryant-Waugh (eds.).  Anorexia nervosa and related eating disorders in childhood and adolescence , 2nd ed.
        WM 175 A566 2000

Lock, James et al. Treatment manual for anorexia nervosa: a family-based approach.
        WM 175 T735 2001

Miller, Katherine J. and J. Scott Mizes (eds.).  Comparative treatments for eating disorders.
        WM 175 C657 2000

Abraham, Suzanne and Derek Llewellyn-Jones. Eating disorders: the facts, 5th ed.
        WI 143 A27 2001

Matthews, Dawn. Eating disorders sourcebook: basic consumer health.
        CONSUMER HEALTH WM 34 E274 2001

More books

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Anorexia Nervosa
Eating Disorders
Appetite Disorders
Body Image
Body Weight
Obesity
Food
Diet

Selected journals

More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Appetite Disorders- Periodicals
Adolescent Psychiatry  - Periodicals
Psychiatry  - Periodicals
Nutrition - Periodicals
Diet - Periodicals
Food - Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

MEDLINE Database  (off-campus login required)

Suggested subject headings: Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia
Eating Disorders
Appetite Disorders
Body Image
Body Weight
Self-Concept
Obesity
Weight Loss
Body Weight Changes
Nutrition
Food

Academic Search Premier  (off-campus login required)

Search using keywords: Anorexia Nervosa
Eating Disorders
Body Composition
Body Image
Reducing Diets
Obesity
Hunger

PsychINFO Database  (off-campus login required)

Suggested Subject headings: Anorexia Nervosa
Eating Disorders
Obesity
Appetite
Eating Attitudes
Nutrition
Diets

Selected journal articles

Fairburn CG, et. al. Eating disorders. Lancet. 2003 Feb 1; 361 (9355): 407.

Russell GF.  Involuntary treatment in anorexia nervosa. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 2001 Jun; 24(2):337-49.

Mehler PS. Diagnosis and care of patients with anorexia nervosa in primary care settings. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2001 Jun; 134(11):1048-59.

McIntosh VV, et al. Interpersonal psychotherapy for anorexia nervosa.  International Journal of Eating Disorders. 2000 Mar; 27(2):125-39.

Pike KM. Long-term course of anorexia nervosa: response, relapse, remissions, and recovery.  Clinical Psychology Review. 1998 Jun; 18(4): 447-75.

More reference sources

Andersen, Arnold E. (ed.).  Males with eating disorders.
        WM 175 M143 1990

Cash, Thomas and Thomas Pruzinsky (eds.).  Body image: a handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice.
        WM 190 B629 2002

Thompson, J. Kevin and Linda Smolak (eds.).  Body image, eating disorders, and obesity in youth: assessment, prevention, and treatment.
        WS 130 B629 2001

Boskind-White, Marlene and William C. White, Jr.  Bulimia/anorexia : the binge/purge cycle and self-starvation, 3rd ed.
       WM 175 B674 2000

Palmer, Robert.  Helping people with eating disorders: a clinical guide to assessment and treatment.
        WM 175 P145 2000

Berg, Francie M.  Afraid to eat : children and teens in weight crisis.
        WS 130 B473 1997

Garner, David M. and Paul E. Garfinkel (eds.).  Diagnostic issues in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
       WM 175 D523 1988

Specialized sources

Anorexia and bulimia.
        AUDIOVISUALS WM 175 A568 1996

Eating disorders: when food hurts.
        AUDIOVISUALS WM 175 E174 1996

Department of Psychiatry.  601-984-5805.
        University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson       

Selected electronic sources

National Eating Disorders Association
http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org

MEDLINEplus: Eating Disorders
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/eatingdisorders.html

National Institute of Mental Health /  Eating Disorders
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/Publicat/eatingdisorders.cfm

Harvard Eating Disorders Center
http://www.hedc.org

Author:  Sarah Adcock
Copyright 2002, Revised 2004 Reference Department, Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
Last Updated: June 7, 2004