When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers

Acknowledgements ix

Introduction xi

How to use this book xv

Part One The Truth About Eating Disorders 1

1 Learning all you can 3

2 Recognizing signs of disease 37

Part Two Taking Action 57

3 Beginning the dialogue with you child 59

4 Understanding treatment options 92

5 Reaching out for professional help 133

Part Three Recovery 169

6 Understanding the recovery process 171

7 Recognizing and overcoming recovery setbacks 207

Appendix A Answers to exercises 243

Appendix B Taking and eating disorder to college 250

Appendix C Resources 255

Notes 265

About the author 271

Index 273