The book explores the clinical challenge of long-term eating disorders and examines the physical and psychological problems, family issues and difficulties in day-to-day living that patients with SEED can experience. * Explores the clinical challenge of long-term eating disorders--often compounded by co-morbidity with depression, self-harm, OCD or psychosis * Eating disorders can persist for many years, yet are rarely classified as 'severe and enduring' in the way that other disorders such as schizophrenia can be * Introduces Severe and Enduring Eating Disorder (SEED) as a concept, and draws on detailed case histories to describe its assessment and treatment * Examines the physical and psychological problems, family issues and