We are delighted to publish this second edition of Anorexia Nervosa: Guidelines for Assessment and Treatment in Primary and Secondary Care

based on the first author''s long-standing "St George''s" Approach, which has been so well received since it was first published in 1994. The book aims to outline in a clear, practical way, the minimal intervention necessary within primary and secondary care settings if the psychopathology of this serious and life-threatening illness is first to be identified and then treated with some hope of success. This first attempt at a time-limited and basic meaningful intervention involves concurrent use by both patient and therapist (and also, to some extent, the family) of the ''self-help'' book Anorexia Nervosa: The Wish to Change and the Patient''s Log Book, and all three books can be purchased as a package.