Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder, Third Edition

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This trusted, groundbreaking resource has helped many tens of thousands of parents play an active role in recovery when their teenager's dieting, working out, or body image concerns cross the line. Treatment experts James Lock and Daniel Le Grange separate fact from myth about anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).

Eating disorders are among the most dangerous--and misunderstood--adolescent mental health problems. When your teenager shows signs of an eating disorder, where can you turn? Now in a revised and updated third edition, this trusted resource helps you separate fact from myth and play an active role in your child's recovery. Treatment experts James Lock and Daniel Le Grange spell out what parents need to know about anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). They guide you step by step to find the right care, monitor your teen's eating and exercise habits, manage family meals, end weight-related power struggles, and team successfully with professionals. The revised third edition incorporates key research and treatment advances, new vignettes, and expanded coverage of ARFID. When families work together to get the most out of treatment and prevent relapse, eating disorders can be beat--this book is your essential roadmap.

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I. Getting Started: First Steps toward Helping Your Child with an Eating Disorder
1. Act Now
2. Get Together
3. Don’t Waste Time on “Why?”
II. Understanding Eating Disorders
4. Know What You’re Dealing With: The Complexity of Eating Disorders
5. Get Into Your Child’s Head: The Distorted Thinking Behind Your Teenager’s Behavior
6. Understand Your Options: What the Research Says about the Best Ways to Treat Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
III. Making Treatment Work: How to Solve Everyday Problems to Help Your Child Recover
7. Taking Charge of Change: How to Apply Family Based Treatment to Help with Eating Disorders
8. Playing a Supporting Role: Other Ways You Can Be a Part of Your Child’s Recovery
9. Harnessing the Power of Unity: How to Stay on the Same Page in Your Fight against Eating Disorders
10. Staying Empowered and Informed: How to Work with Professionals Who Are Trying to Help Your Child
Resources
Further Reading
Index