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Parent's Guide to Defeating Eating Disorders: Spotting the Stealth Bombe

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Building a supportive and open relationship with young peoplesuffering from eating disorders is key to assisting the recoveryprocess. This book is packed with metaphorical explanationsthat will allow parents and caregivers to ally themselves withtreatment rather than the eating disorder, and take positive steps with their child towards a full and lasting recovery.Written by experienced eating disorder specialists, the book will help caregivers to reach out to young people having difficulty cooperating with treatment. Its effective use of analogies and metaphors helps to crystallize a practical understanding of eating disorders and the crucial aspects of the treatment process.Integrating medical, psychological, and narrative aspects, aswell as the visual (with illustrations), it encourages the reader,and by extension the sufferer, to conceptualize each steptowards health.This book will be an invaluable tool for families, friends, andthose working with young people suffering from eatingdisorders. The fresh perspective will also appeal to mentalhealth professionals and anyone else working in the field.
Introduction.; 1. Rationale for Analogies and Metaphors.; 2. What is an eating disorder?; 3. Recognizing an Eating Disorder.; 4. Outpatient Therapy.; 5. Medical intervention.; 6. Recovery from Eating Disorders: Later Stages.; 7. Recovery Process.; 8. Conclusion.
[…] The illustrations and descriptive stories were of greatest benefit as these helped me better understand certain situations. I would recommend every parent going through the challenges of anorexia with their teen to read this book from start to finish as it will give them a parent's perspective and the confidence to help their teen get better.
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