Helping Your Child Overcome an Eating Disorder: What You Can Do at Home Book

Helping Your Child Overcome an Eating Disorder is comprehensive, practical, and filled with scientifically based strategies for parents of children with bulimia or anorexia, written by the directors of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders. Puberty and adolescence are difficult enough; adding an eating disorder makes it doubly difficult for the parent who may already feel overwhelmed. This guide shows parents how to talk with their children about this touchy subject, access the latest cognitive-behavioral techniques, deal with eating and exercise in the home, find a good therapist, and take charge of ensuring a child?s recovery. The book explores issues like depression and anxiety and includes questionnaires, checklists for ongoing evaluation, and charts for monitoring and developing positive eating patterns. Each chapter includes case studies and a "Creating Solutions" section.Read More