Eating Disorders: A Handbook of Christian Treatment [Hardcover]

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Remuda Ranch; 1ST edition (2008)
• ISBN-10: 1932124942
• ISBN-13: 978-1932124941
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #569,563 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Edward Cumella is a Harvard-educated Psychologist who has spent much of his 25-year Psychology career studying the relationship between science and the Bible.

Dr. Cumella is a Professor of Psychology at Kaplan University. Previously he was Executive Director of a major psychiatric treatment facility, Remuda Programs for Eating Disorders, where for 12 years he pioneered work that integrates scientific findings with Biblical truth. During this time he participated in an NIMH-funded study exploring the genetics of anorexia. For seven years he served as Senior Editor of The Christian Journal of Eating Disorders, and in 2008 he published Eating Disorders: A Handbook of Christian Treatment.

In addition to his books, Dr. Cumella has published many scientific articles, presented scientific findings internationally, and led workshops at more than 50 professional conferences. He has been interviewed as a healthcare expert on national television, radio, and in many newspapers, including ABC, CBS, FOX, the Discovery Channel, Good Morning America, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Reader's Digest.

Dr. Cumella is/has been a member of The American Psychological Association, The Arizona Psychological Association, International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals, the Christian Association for Psychological Studies, and the American Association of Christian Counselors. He serves on the board of a charitable organization dedicated to the provision of mental healthcare to underserved populations and has been listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering and Who's Who in America. He serves or has served on the editorial boards of peer-reviewed journals, including Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, The Remuda Review, and APA's PsycCRITIQUES: Contemporary Psychology.

Dr. Cumella's personal passion has taken him down a road that few have traveled: applying the fascinating and uncanny discoveries of modern genetics to the conception of Jesus Christ without a human father.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a treasure!, August 15, 2009

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S. L. Dillard (Newfoundland, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eating Disorders: A Handbook of Christian Treatment (Hardcover)

This book is a treasure. It should be the cornerstone of any library on eating disorders, and the first stop for anyone journeying into the study of anorexia or bulimia. I have read many books on eating disorders, and this is one of the few, truly comprehensive guides to the mysterious world of eating disorders. It clearly explains eating disorders, along with proper assessment and intervention, across the entire bio-psycho-social-spiritual continuum. It is written very well, intended for a broad range of healthcare and pastoral professionals, practitioners, educators, and students. As an inside look at the pioneering eating disorder treatment done at Remuda Ranch, where patients have the highest recovery rates of any treatment available, this book offers truly state-of-the-art, scientifically-valid knowledge of anorexia and bulimia nervosa. This knowledge is integrated carefully with non-denominational Biblical Christianity in such a way that people of most Christian faiths, Reform or Catholic, will be able to resonate with and learn from the integration. In fact, the spiritual integration is extremely sound, and in many ways forms the basis of a truly scientific Christian Psychology that can be applied to the entire field of behavioral health. The editors and authors from Remuda Ranch have given us a gift in this work, for they appear to have distilled their years of experience with thousands of patients, their wisdom, and their compassion, and communicated these thoroughly in this handbook. So I highly recommend this work to anyone serious about Christian Psychology and/or understanding eating disorders.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful, August 25, 2008

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Caleb C. Mitchell - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eating Disorders: A Handbook of Christian Treatment (Hardcover)

This book strives to look at eating disorders from a holistic point of view, and seems to deliver. The section on the med management, along with the spiritual and psychological pieces were helpful in conceptualizing how to help my patients.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thorough and Comprehensive, August 13, 2008

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W. Stewart (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eating Disorders: A Handbook of Christian Treatment (Hardcover)

This book is a result of years of experience treating thousands of patients in the Remuda system, and it shows. Written in a format that shows the biblical basis treatment and in a manner that is scientifically valid, this book provides a great deal of depth as well as a wide range of co-occurring issues that are common with eating disorders. If you are wanting professional development in a holistic approach for treating eating disorders this book will be extremely helpful, whether or not you are coming from a Christian perspective. The only thing that keeps me from giving five stars is that this book is not as readable for a lay person. If you are a Christian professional, there is nothing else out there like this!