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Recommended reading and self-help resources
For parents and carers looking after a person with anorexia, a new online Carers Support Package developed by B-EAT, Schmidt, Treasure and Williams is available at www.overcominganorexiaonline.com. There is a charge to use this package.
Books
B. Timothy Walsh and V. L. Cameron, If Your Adolescent Has an Eating Disorder: An Essential Resource for Parents (2005), Oxford University Press. The publisher says, "This is an authoritative guide to understanding and helping a teenager with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. It is designed for parents of teens who have recently been diagnosed with an eating disorder, or who are at risk of developing one, and for other adults, such as teachers and guidance counselors, who are regularly in contact with at-risk adolescents. The book combines the latest scientific expertise available--including the newest treatments and most up-to-date research findings on eating disorders--with the practical wisdom of parents who have raised teenagers with anorexia or bulimia."
Rachel Bryant-Waugh and Bryan Lask, Eating Disorders: A Parents' Guide (2004), Routledge. The publisher says, "Combining an accessible and straightforward introduction to the subject with practical advice, this book represents the first step towards diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders."
Websites
Comprehensive information on signs, symptoms, risk factors and tips for parents can be found at University of Michigan Health System http://www.med.umich.edu/yourchild/topics/eatdis.htm
Parenting advice from SuperNanny and B-EAT UK Eating Disorder Charity on caring for a child with an eating disorder can be found at http://www.supernanny.co.uk/Advice/-/Health-and-Development/-/Teenagers/Could-my-Child-Have-an-Eating-Disorder.aspx
Advice from Great Ormond Street NHS Hospital for Children on managing mealtimes when your child has an eating disorder can be found at http://www.gosh.nhs.uk/gosh_families/information_sheets/eating_disorders_
mealtimes/eating_disorders_mealtimes_families.html
Online book catalogue for leading eating disorders publisher Gurze Books: www.bulimia.com
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