The pressures to be 'thin' or 'ideal' go beyond the Hollywood headlines. In fact those suffering from eating disorders in the U.S. number in the millions. On 'Understanding Eating Disorders', Dr. Tom Scales, an internist and psychiatrist, uncovers the causes and characteristics of various eating disorders and shares his expertise on current treatment approaches. Expert guests and personal stories from some who have recovered reveal the depth of emotional conflicts of these dangerously obsessive conditions and the resolutions that work. "Understanding Eating Disorders" - the cycle of eating disorders CAN be broken.

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1. "What is binge eating disorder? How common is it, and what are some current treatment approaches?" Interview with Robinson Welch, Ph.D., CGP, assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine and senior psychologist for the Weight Management and Eating Disorders program at WUSM. Price: $12
2. "Federal Policies and Legal Matters Regarding Eating Disorders" Interview with Jeanine Cogan, Ph.D. from the Eating Disorders Coalition. Price: $12
4. Interview with Constance Rhodes, author of Life Inside the Thin Cage, featuring a personal look into the world of a chronic dieter. Price: $12
5. "Males with eating disorders" An interview with Theodore Weltzin, M.D., medical director of the Eating Disorders Treatment Facility at Rogers Memorial Hospital. Price: $12
6. "What is Bulimia Nervosa? How Common is it and what are current treatment approaches?" Interview with Christopher Fairburn, D.M. F.R.C. Psych Wellcome Trust Senior Lecturer and Honorary Clinical Reader in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford, England. Price: $12
7. "Role of Faith in Recovery from an Eating Disorder" Interview with Edward Cumella, Ph.D., from Remuda Ranch Treatment Center. Price: $12
8. Interview with Jenni Schaefer, author of Life without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and how You can too. Price: $12
9. "The effect of disordered eating on bariatric surgery outcomes" Interview with R. Carlsen, Ph.D., from Pine Grove Treatment Facility. Price: $12
10. "Eating disorders and addictions: important similarities and differences" Interview with Barton Blinder, M.D., clinical professor and director of eating disorders research, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine. Price: $12
11. "Obsessive compulsive disorder and obsessive compulsive personality disorder in patients with eating disorders" Interview with Kimberly McCallum, medical director of Mcallum's Place treatment facility. Price: $12
12. "Eating disorders and medical complications" Interview with Ovidio Bermudez, M.D., medical director of Laureate Eating Disorder Treatment Facility. Price: $12

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