My Kid is Back: Empowering Parents to Beat Anorexia Nervosa
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (789 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 041558115X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. He trained in family-based treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa at the Maudsley Hospital in London, where he was a member of the team that developed the Maudsley Approach as a treatment for early-onset anorexia nervosa. June Alexander is a writer and journalist with a particular
Helpful and hopeful advice for parents of kids with anorexia nervosa My Kid is Back: Empowering Parents to Beat Anorexia Nervosa by Australian author and journalist June Alexander will be a valuable resource for parents dealing with anorexia nervosa. June, inspired by her own experience with the illness, talks with leading experts and ten families about family-based treatment. These stories will feel familiar to anyone who who has confronted an eating disorder. Parents will identify with their fear and confusion as each family struggles to understand this baffling illness and find the help they need. The . Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh said Parents need good information and real-life examples of success. Parents, if your loved one has been diagnosed with an eating disorder I very much recommend this book. I've read them all in my years of writing and talking with families, and I wish all families facing this diagnosis in their child had the benefit of this kind of experience and inspiration. Alexander tells the story of these families with great compassion and insight, and useful information.Parents facing an eating disorder need and deserve good information and inspiration. This book offers both. The information is evidence-based, and t. 10 families experience ! My daugther is anorexic, reding this book was VERY helpfull to picture and understand the strugles and different strategies of 10 families to deal with theire child's eating disorder.Each child has it's own way of manifesting thier desies.This broad picture was very helpfull to understand our own's child problem and to give us strenth and wisness to deal with the new situation.As a new commer on this subject at the time I red the book, it was realy elightning !
However, as Dr. "My Kid is Back is packed with practical, helpful and inspiring information. In My Kid is Back June Alexander presents the narratives of families who have benefited from this approach when their young children have developed anorexia nervosa. It is a remarkable book because it gives a voice to the families themselves, showing the different journeys they went through regarding both the developing anorexia and in re-establishing themselves and helping their child to recover." - Ivan Eisler, from the foreword"This is a very useful book for parents who have an adolescent child with anorexia nervosa. Grefe, National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), USA"The Maudsley Model of anorexia nervosa is one of the few evidence-based treatments for anorexia nervosa. It gives parents a powerful message of hope – that recovery from an eating disorder is pos
Parents describe their frustrations in seeking help for their child and dealing with their behaviour and sufferers discuss how the illness gets into their mind and takes over their personality.By focusing on the Maudsley family approach and expert advice from Professor Daniel Le Grange, and including clear lists of illness symptoms, strategies for parents and carers to follow, and information on getting further treatment and support, this book proves an essential resource for families who want to win the battle with anorexia nervosa.. My Kid is Back explains how family-based treatment can greatly reduce the severity of anorexia nervosa in children and adolescents, allowing the sufferer to return to normal eating patterns, and their families to return to normal family life.In this book, ten families share their experiences of living with anorexia