Unlocking the Mysteries of Eating Disorders: A Life-Saving Guide to Your Child's Treatment and Recovery (Harvard Medical School Guides)

A Harvard doctor’s practical, prescriptive, and compassionate approach to healing your child's eating disorder This insightful and comforting guide, written by two internationally known experts, shatters the myths, mysteries, and misconceptions surrounding eating disorders. You will learn how to recognize EDs, identify causes, talk to your child, and find the best treatment. The book includes the widest range of professional care options available, both psychotherapeutic and medicinal, as well as preventive solutions for children who display early warning signs. Most inspiring of all are the real-life stories of families who have faced eating disorders--and triumphed. MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Contents 9 Acknowledgments 11 Introduction 15 Part I: Does My Child Have an Eating Disorder? 21 Chapter 1 The Nature of Eating Disorders 23 Chapter 2 When Does Unhealthy Eating Cross the Line? 33 Chapter 3 Spotting the Warning Signs 49 Part II: Toward Renewed Health: Treatment and Recovery 67 Chapter 4 What if She Shows Signs of an Eating Disorder? 69 Chapter 5 Setting Up Your Treatment Team 85 Chapter 6 Medical Care and Monitoring 107 Chapter 7 How You Can Help Support Her Through Recovery 125 Chapter 8 Managing and Preventing Relapses 145 Chapter 9 Handling the Effects on Family and Friends 167 Part III: Preventing Eating Disorders and Raising Awareness 187 Chapter 10 Examining Risk Factors and Causes 189 Chapter 11 Sending Your Child a Healthy Message 211 Chapter 12 Eating Disorders Throughout Life 235 Chapter 13 Paving the Road to Tomorrow 253 Resources 267 References 279 Index 295 A 295 B 296 C 296 D 297 E 297 F 299 G 299 H 299 I 300 J 300 K 300 L 300 M 300 N 301 O 301 P 301 R 302 S 303 T 303 U 304 V 304 W 304 Y 304 Z 304 The answers you need to help your child survive an eating disorder You've noticed a change in your child's eating habits and want to help, but you don't know what to say. Perhaps you're not sure if your child has an eating disorder or is at risk of developing one, and you don't know what to do. Written by experts in the field, Unlocking the Mysteries of Eating Disorders will guide you through this difficult situation and empower you and your family to make the right decisions. Throughout the book, stories of parents and children will help you understand the process and give you hope as you travel the road to health with your son or daughter. Learn how to: Spot the warning signs of an eating disorder Find the treatment options that are right for your child Support your son or daughter through recovery and prevent relapses

A Harvard doctor’s practical, prescriptive, and compassionate approach to healing your child's eating disorder

This insightful and comforting guide, written by two

internationally known experts, shatters the myths,

mysteries, and misconceptions surrounding eating

disorders. You will learn how to recognize EDs,

identify causes, talk to your child, and find the best

treatment. The book includes the widest range of professional care options available, both psychotherapeutic

and medicinal, as well as preventive solutions for children

who display early warning signs. Most inspiring of

all are the real-life stories of families who have faced

eating disorders-and triumphed.

Pt. 1. Does my child have an eating disorder? The nature of eating disorders: depriving the body, depriving the self When does unhealthy eating cross the line? Spotting the warning signs Pt. 2. Toward renewed health: treatment and recovery What if she shows signs of an eating disorder? Setting up your treatment team Medical care and monitoring How you can help support her through recovery Managing and preventing relapses Handling the effects on family and friends Pt. 3. Preventing eating disorders and raising awareness Examining risk factors and causes What you can do to send your child a healthy message Eating disorders throughout the lifespan Paving the road to tomorrow. Offers a Harvard doctor's practical approach to healing your child's eating disorder. This guide shatters the myths, mysteries, and misconceptions surrounding eating disorders. It helps you learn how to recognize EDs, identify causes, talk to your child, and find the best treatment. A Harvard doctor's practical, prescriptive, and compassionate approach to healing your child's eating disorder. -- Provided by publisher