Offers the first new medical treatment plan in 50 years for anorexia based on nutritional deficiencies and the use of a simple brain test that can help psychiatrists select the best medication for each individual.
This book offers a complete guide to understanding the causes of anorexia, warning signs and diagnosis, and practical suggestions on how to help loved ones suffering from anorexia as well as the treatment options available.
Whether you're a newly diagnosed patient with an eating disorder, or are a friend or relative of someone suffering from an eating disorder, this book offers help.
What could Twiggy and Karen Carpenter possibly have in common with Clare of Assisi and Catherine of Siena, or scientifically based behavior modification programs and tube feeding with cloistered Capuchin convents and Jesuit confessors?
When Nancy Tucker was eight years old, her class had to write about what they wanted in life.
The New Hope model described in this book combines the best in traditional and complementary approaches for recovery from appetite disturbances, food addiction, and binge eating.
A compassionate handbook for friends and family members of someone suffering from an eating disorder offers practical and effective ways to address such difficult subjects as body image, physical touch, diets, exercise, and media messages, ...
The nose tube drips brown streaks down the front of my prison top, but I don't care what people think. They don't look like people to me anyway since I don't have my glasses on. I might as well be alone.
A comprehensive guide to the medical complications, diagnosis, and treatment of eating disorders. In this new edition of their best-selling work, Drs.
Ranging in age and backgrounds, a group of twenty authors describes their individual experiences and battles with anorexia from the perspective of recovery, with candid essays by Jennifer Egan, Francine du Plessix Gray, Joyce Maynard, ...
" --Jenny Hendricks, age twenty-five The true story of one brave young woman's fatal battle with anorexia, from its onset until her final days--in her own words "This book is a cry from the heart of an anguished father who has enriched our ...