Book Reviews and Recommendations by Parents

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Help Your Teenager Beat An Eating Disorder


Author(s): Dr. Lock and Dr. le Grange

Category: For parents by eating disorder specialists

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"The why and how to of Maudsley Therapy"

RATING:   COMMENTS (11)


Treating Bulimia in Adolescents: A family-based approach


Author(s): Le Grange, D., & Lock, J.

Category: For Clinicians, but also helpful for parents

Related Link: Amazon Store
RATING:   COMMENTS (1)


Brave Girl Eating


Author(s): Harriet Brown

Category: Written by parents

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“One of the most up to date, relevant and honest accounts of one family’s battle with the life threatening challenges of anorexia."

RATING:   COMMENTS (4)


Give Food A Chance


Author(s): Dr. Julie O'Toole

Category: For parents by eating disorder specialists

Related link: PSI Press

"There are books one recommends to strangers, and those one presses on friends. I will be showing Give Food a Chance to my friends and enemies alike, and I look forward to the discussion it will initiate."

RATING:   COMMENTS (1)


Off the Cuff


Author(s): Nancy Zucker

Category: For parents by eating disorder specialists

Related Link: Duke - Treating Eating Disorders

"Great book for caregivers. It showed me how to ride the emotional waves without drowning."

RATING:   COMMENTS (5)


My Kid is Back


Author(s): June Alexander

Category: For parents by eating disorder specialists

Related Link: Amazon Store

"Profiles of ten heroic families, two of them members of the F.E.A.S.T. community"

RATING:   COMMENTS (3)


Life Without ED


Author(s): Jenni Schaefer

Category: For parents by eating disorder specialists

Related Link: Amazon Store

"Great book to show the internal dialogue of someone with an ED and the stages of recovery."

RATING:   COMMENTS (6)


Skills-based learning for caring for a loved one with an eating disorder


Author(s): Janet Treasure, Grainne Smith and Anna Crane

Category: For parents by eating disorder specialists

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"Very helpful"

RATING:   COMMENTS (6)


Feeding Your Adolescent Anorexic


Author(s): Claire P. Norton

Category: For parents by eating disorder specialists

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"A missing piece to the puzzle of how to approach and plan meals"

RATING:   COMMENTS (1)


Eating with Your Anorexic: How My Child Recovered Through Family-Based Treatment and Yours Can Too


Author(s): Laura Collins

Category: Written by parents

Related Link: Amazon Store

"Great personal account of doing Family Based Therapy"

RATING:   COMMENTS (12)


Eating Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence


Author(s): Lask/Waugh

Category: For parents by eating disorder specialists

Related Link: Amazon Store

"a VERY good book."

RATING:   COMMENTS (1)


Gaining


Author(s): Aimee Liu

Category: For parents by eating disorder specialists

Related Link: Amazon Store
RATING:   COMMENTS (1)


Eating in the Light of the Moon


Author(s): Anita Johnston

Category: For parents by eating disorder specialists

Related Link: Amazon Store
RATING:   COMMENTS (1)


Andrea's Voice


Author(s): Doris Smeltzer, Carolyn Costin, Andrea Lynn Smeltzer

Category: Written by parents

Related Link: Amazon Store

"From a parent to all parents."


RATING:   COMMENTS (0)


Hunger: An Unnatural History


Author(s): Sharman Apt Russell

Category: For parents by eating disorder specialists

Related Link: Amazon Store

"Factual account of what happens to the body during starvation and refeeding. Skip (anorexia) chapter and focus on the science and it's a worthwhile read."

RATING:   COMMENTS (0)


Crave: Why You Binge Eat and How to Stop


Author(s): Dr. Cynthia Bulik

Category: For parents by eating disorder specialists

Related Link: Amazon Store

"It is the premier book and a good beginning place for individuals and families seeking to understand binge eating disorder."

RATING:   COMMENTS (0)


The Secret Language of Eating Disorders: How You Can Understand and Work to Cure Anorexia and Bulimia


Author(s): Peggy Claude-Pierre

Category: Written by parents

Related Link: Amazon Store

"It is spot on what was going on in my AN D's mind. But, I disagreed with the author's treatment philosophy."

RATING:   COMMENTS (2)


The Parent's Guide to Eating Disorders: Supporting Self-Esteem, Healthy Eating, and Positive Body Image at Home


Author(s): Marcia Herrin Ed.D. M.P.H. R.D., Nancy Matsumoto

Category: For parents by eating disorder specialists

Related Link: Amazon Store

"This book was recommended to me by a parent on the ATDT forum. It gives you lots of assistance from learning how to discuss EDs with your child, and takes the view that parents can refeed their child at home, with assistance."

RATING:   COMMENTS (0)


Treatment manual for anorexia nervosa: A family based approach


Author(s): Lock, D., Le Grange, D. Agras, S., Dare, C. & Agras, W.

Category: For Clinicians, but also helpful for parents

Related Link: Amazon Store
RATING:   COMMENTS (1)


The ABCs of Eating Disorders


Author(s): Jane Morris

Category: For Clinicians, but also helpful for parents

Related Link: Amazon Store
RATING:   COMMENTS (0)


Answers to Anorexia


Author(s): James Greenblatt

Category: For parents by eating disorder specialists

Related Link: Amazon Store
RATING:   COMMENTS (0)

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