Eating Disorders For Dummies

Part I: Eating Disorders: An All-Consuming World of Their Own.

Chapter 1: Understanding Eating Disorders.

Chapter 2: Getting Insight into Anorexia Nervosa.

Chapter 3: Seeing Inside Bulimia Nervosa.

Chapter 4: Understanding Binge Eating Disorder.

Chapter 5: Eating Disorder Risk Factors.

Chapter 6: Deconstructing Your Body with an Eating Disorder.

Chapter 7: Sidekicks That Often Accompany Eating Disorders.

Part II: Getting Well: Exploring Recovery and Treatment Options.

Chapter 8: Seeing What Recovery Looks Like.

Chapter 9: Deciding the Who, What, and Where for Treatment.

Chapter 10: Finding the Treatment Approach That’s Right for You.

Chapter 11: Including Other People in Your Treatment.

Chapter 12: Exploring Medication and Other Approaches.

Chapter 13: Making Good Use of the Approach You Choose.

Chapter 14: Managing Early Stage Recovery and the Reality of Relapse.

Part III: Eating Disorders in Special Populations.

Chapter 15: Eating Disorders in Males.

Chapter 16: Athletes and Eating Disorders.

Chapter 17: Eating Disorders on the Stage, Screen, and Runway.

Chapter 18: Eating Disorders in Children.

Chapter 19: Eating Disorders Later In Life.

Chapter 20: Eating Disorders and People Who Are Obese.

Part IV: Advice and Help for Families and Others Who Care.

Chapter 21: Forming a Plan to Help the Person with an Eating Disorder.

Chapter 22: Implementing Your Plan to Help.

Chapter 23: Making Life Livable While Supporting Another’s Recovery.

Chapter 24: Finding Support for Yourself While Supporting Another’s Recovery.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 25: Ten Don’ts: Behaviors and Thoughts to Avoid.

Chapter 26: Ten Do’s: Ways to Enhance Your Recovery.

Resource Guide.

Index.