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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. Parents describe their frustrations in seeking help for their child and dealing with their behaviour and sufferers discuss how the illness gets into th… More >>
My Kid is Back: Empowering Parents to Beat Anorexia Nervosa
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 the experiences of these ten families provides a wonderful training in how to face this daunting illness and seek good help.
Rating: 5 / 5
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 voices of the young people emerging from the disorder are heard as well. Just how do they manage to overcome anorexia nervosa? These resourceful families pull together and work out solutions. My Kid is Back will provide hope and inspiration to parents. These moving accounts will provide insight into anorexia nervosa and the real-life difficulties families face for eating disorder professionals, as well.
The families in the book all live in Australia, but the book is truly global in perspective. Professional advice is offered by leading experts on three continents. Daniel le Grange, author of Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder, contributes an introductory chapter explaining the Maudsley approach, its history, and research support, and a second chapter in the book’s “What are Parents to Do?” section with practical strategies for parents. Ivan Eisler of London’s Maudsley Hospital writes the foreword and offers the UK perspective on anorexia treatment. June also talks with Westmead Children’s Hospital and Oak House to provide Australian treatment picture.
Rating: 5 / 5