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The Parent's Guide to Eating Disorders shows that effective solutions begin at home and cost little more than a healthy investment of time, effort, and love. Based on exciting new research, it differs from similar books in several key ways. Instead of concentrating on the grim, expensive hospital stays of patients with severe disorders, the authors focus on the family, teaching parents how to examine and understand their family's approach to food and body-image issues and its effect their child's behavior. Parents learn to identify an eating disorder early, to establish healthy attitudes toward food at a young age, and to intervene in a nonthreatening, nonjudgmental way. The authors concentrate on teens, the age group most often affected by eating disorders, as well as younger children. Individual chapters cover boys at risk, relapse training, dealing with friends, school, and summer camp, and much more. The book includes an appendix and sections on further reading, organizations and websites, residential and hospital programs, and references.
Author Notes
Marcia Herrin, Ph.D., is the founder and co-director of the Dartmouth College Eating Disorders Prevention, Education, and Treatment Program, one of the most respected programs of its kind in the nation. She also has a private practice specializing in eating disorders. Having conquered the problem herself as a teenager, she speaks with authority and compassion. Dr. Herrin received her doctorate in nutrition from Columbia University. She has been featured in People magazine and has appeared on the Today Show and 48 Hours.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Table of Contents
Foreword | p. vii |
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Introduction | p. xiii |
Marcia's Story | p. xix |
Part 1 Identifying an Eating Disorder | |
1 At Risk: Recognizing an Eating Disorder and Spotting Early Warning Signs | p. 29 |
2 Bad Habit or Dangerous Behavior? When to Worry About Disordered Eating | p. 50 |
3 Prevention: The Power of the Preemptive Strike | p. 66 |
4 The Family on the Front Lines | p. 84 |
5 Boys at Risk | p. 99 |
6 Medical Consequences of Eating Disorders | p. 111 |
Part 2 Taking Action | |
7 Breaking the Ice: How to Open the Discussion | p. 143 |
8 Avoiding Parent Traps: How Improving Your Relationship to Food and Your Body Can Help Your Child | p. 162 |
9 Beyond the Family Circle: Friends, School, and Summer Camp | p. 179 |
Part 3 Using Maudsley Methods | |
10 The Maudsley Approach: Treating Anorexia Nervosa | p. 199 |
11 Parent-Assisted Meals and Snacks (PAMS): A Nutrition-Oriented Interpretation of the Maudsley Approach to Anorexia | p. 206 |
12 Using PAMS and the Maudsley Approach to Treat Bulimia and Binge-Eating Disorder | p. 221 |
13 A Mother's Account: How PAMS Tipped the Balance in My Daughter's Fight Against Anorexia | p. 232 |
Part 4 Healthy Eating Guide | |
14 Normalizing Eating with a Food Plan | p. 239 |
15 Getting the Most Out of the Food Plan | p. 265 |
16 Normalizing Exercise | p. 296 |
17 Managing Relapse | p. 318 |
18 When You've Done All You Can: Professional Resources and How to Use Them | p. 334 |
19 In Closing | p. 361 |
Bibliography | p. 367 |
Index | p. 375 |