The Clinical Guide to Fertility, Motherhood, and Eating Disorders

The Clinical Guide to Fertility, Motherhood, and Eating Disorders
Author: Kate B. Daigle
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2019-07-04
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1351009346

This book is a comprehensive guide to addressing, working with, and healing from emotional struggles related to fertility and eating disorders. Covering the emotional, psychological and physical impact of anorexia nervosa, bulimia and binge eating disorder, this book explores the lived experience of numerous women and men who have lived with eating disorders, fertility, and parenthood. It delves into research on medical complications that can affect fertility, attachment, the experience of shame, adjustment to the postpartum period, and offers clinical tools for therapists to use to support clients from a weight and body neutral perspective. Those who read this book will come away with a renewed sense of hope for recovery and healing from serious mental illnesses, and the notion that the value of having a family may be stronger than the eating disorder itself. The only book of its kind, The Clinical Guide to Fertility, Motherhood and Eating Disorders will be useful to practitioners, therapists, and scholars alike.

The Recovery Mama Guide to Your Eating Disorder Recovery in Pregnancy and Postpartum

The Recovery Mama Guide to Your Eating Disorder Recovery in Pregnancy and Postpartum
Author: Linda Shanti McCabe
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2019-02-21
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1785925903

The upheaval of pregnancy and new motherhood can often trigger the development of, or a relapse into, an eating disorder. This book supports pregnant women and new mothers struggling with changes in food, body image, sleep, spirituality, work, breastfeeding (or not), new motherhood identity, and postpartum depression or anxiety. Combining professional expertise, personal experience, and pragmatic suggestions, it is the ideal guide for women who are trying to balance recovery with new motherhood. The author offers recovery tools, support strategies and wisdom on how to make time for self-care while navigating the chaos of early parenthood. Most importantly, this book will help women let go of perfectionistic ideals and embrace being good enough during the massive learning curve of new motherhood.

The Clinician's Guide to Collaborative Caring in Eating Disorders

The Clinician's Guide to Collaborative Caring in Eating Disorders
Author: Janet Treasure
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2009-09-10
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1135241384

This book provides guidance for clinicians working with families and carers. It demonstrates how active collaboration between professional and non-professional carers can maximise quality of life for both the sufferer and all other family members.

Be Fruitful

Be Fruitful
Author: Victoria Maizes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2013-02-05
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1451645481

From an internationally recognized integrative physician, a thorough guide to fertility that encompasses all aspects of female well-being to help women prepare their bodies for easy conception, pregnancy, and the delivery of healthy babies. The increase in environmental toxins, processed foods, and stress, as well as the advancing ages at which couples seek to have children, have made it more difficult for women to conceive. In Be Fruitful, Dr. Victoria Maizes, an expert on women’s health and the executive director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, delivers all the information women and their partners need in order to conceive with ease and confidence, and to bear healthy children. Warm, friendly, and hands-on, Be Fruitful offers a comprehensive self-assessment to help identify any potential physical, emotional, and practical roadblocks that may interfere with conception, as well as clear and easy-to-follow dietary, supplemental, and exercise recommendations proven to increase optimal fertility. Dr. Maizes details how nutrition, mind-body practices, elimination of environmental toxins, and traditional Chinese medicine can all contribute to a successful pregnancy. Unique in its integrative approach, Be Fruitful acknowledges that wellness comes from caring for the entire person—not just the physical body—a crucial factor for the countless women trying to conceive and committed to transforming their overall health.

Sick Enough

Sick Enough
Author: Jennifer L. Gaudiani
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2018-09-14
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1351184717

Patients with eating disorders frequently feel that they aren’t "sick enough" to merit treatment, despite medical problems that are both measurable and unmeasurable. They may struggle to accept rest, nutrition, and a team to help them move towards recovery. Sick Enough offers patients, their families, and clinicians a comprehensive, accessible review of the medical issues that arise from eating disorders by bringing relatable case presentations and a scientifically sound, engaging style to the topic. Using metaphor and patient-centered language, Dr. Gaudiani aims to improve medical diagnosis and treatment, motivate recovery, and validate the lived experiences of individuals of all body shapes and sizes, while firmly rejecting dieting culture.

Fertility Counseling: Clinical Guide

Fertility Counseling: Clinical Guide
Author: Sharon N. Covington
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2022-12-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1009034537

The second edition of the essential guide for reproductive professionals is now available in a Clinical Guide and a Case Studies Guide, presenting the most current knowledge on counseling diverse patients amidst rapidly advancing modern technology. Follow an in-depth presentation of clinical concepts in this Clinical Guide for a foundational understanding of the medical and psychosocial experience of fertility treatment. Explore the areas of reproductive psychology, therapeutic approaches, assessment and preparation in assisted reproduction, addressing the needs of diverse populations, and clinical practice issues. Featuring new topics such as transgender ART, recurrent pregnancy loss, post-partum adjustment, and the pregnant therapist. Then in Case Studies, discover the accessible, real-world experiences and perspectives as leading international practitioners share their stories applying clinical concepts to treatment practice. An essential aid for medical and mental health professionals, this comprehensive guide allows clinicians to develop and refine the skills required to address the increasingly complex psychosocial needs of fertility patients.

The Fertility Diet: Groundbreaking Research Reveals Natural Ways to Boost Ovulation and Improve Your Chances of Getting Pregnant

The Fertility Diet: Groundbreaking Research Reveals Natural Ways to Boost Ovulation and Improve Your Chances of Getting Pregnant
Author: Jorge Chavarro
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2007-11-28
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0071595503

The first fertility-boosting guide to feature the cutting-edge research results on fertility from the Nurses’ Health Study More than 6 million women in the United States alone experience infertility problems User-friendly, medically approved advice clearly explained in 10 nutritional guidelines from two of Harvard Medical School’s top voices in nutrition

Perinatal Mental Health

Perinatal Mental Health
Author: Professor Colin R. Martin
Publisher: M&K Update Ltd
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2012
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1907830499

The prospect of parenthood represents a milestone in anyone's life course and is often a period of stress and challenge. There are a number of significant mental health problems that can occur during the perinatal period, the consequences of which can be both enduring and, occasionally, life threatening. However, irrespective of the specifics of the clinical manifestation of a disturbance, the distress and misery that accompanies it has significant ramifications for the mother or mother-to-be and her partner and family. This book is arranged in themed parts that represent key aspects of facili.