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Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder Kindle Edition

by James Lock MD PhD (Author), Daniel Le Grange PhD (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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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  1. Print length
    298 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    The Guilford Press
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  5. Publication date
    May 19, 2025
  6. File size
    2.7 MB
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"Drs. Lock and Le Grange are two of the foremost experts in the eating disorders field. The third edition of this book condenses what the authors have learned over decades of working with the families of people with eating disorders--and puts it in a format parents can use."--Janet Treasure, PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, Centre for Research in Eating Disorders, Kings College London, United Kingdom

“This book is essential reading for any parent or family member of a teen with an eating disorder. It’s especially useful for those who have been told to ‘not be the food police’ or that they have no role in helping support a loved one with an eating disorder. It offers practical advice for how to help, along with something just as important: hope.”--Harriet Brown, author of Brave Girl Eating: A Family’s Struggle with Anorexia

"This book is invaluable for parents, who often feel disempowered and blamed when their child has an eating disorder. It uses straightforward language and realistic, pragmatic examples. The third edition has been updated to incorporate the latest research and incredibly useful practical strategies. I highly recommend this book to all parents of children with eating disorders."--Kerri Boutelle, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Public Health, and Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego

“The updated third edition of this seminal guide incorporates recent advances in eating disorders research and clinical practice, highlighting the evolving nature of the field and the authors’ commitment to providing respectful, accurate parent education at each step. This book also prepares caregivers to activate family-based treatment quickly and effectively, with implications for a better prognosis. Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder explains the urgency of these pernicious disorders while reassuring parents that evidence-based interventions exist, and that caregivers are the best, most invested agents of change for their child until symptoms abate.”--Katharine L. Loeb, PhD, Chicago Center for Evidence Based Treatment

"The book is of high quality and would be of help to any family facing this difficult situation." (on the first edition) ― Doody's Review Service Published On: 2005-08-26

"There are many red flags that parents should recognize when it comes to their adolescent daughter or son's eating habits, and this intelligent book points them out clearly and concisely." (on the first edition) ― Publishers Weekly Published On: 2005-01-31 --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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"The book is of high quality and would be of help to any family facing this difficult situation." (on the first edition) ― Doody's Review Service Published On: 2005-08-26

"There are many red flags that parents should recognize when it comes to their adolescent daughter or son's eating habits, and this intelligent book points them out clearly and concisely." (on the first edition) ― Publishers Weekly Published On: 2005-01-31 --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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