Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder (eBook)

James Lock, MD, PhD, is Professor of Child Psychiatry and Pediatrics at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders Program. Dr. Lock has received numerous awards for his research on eating disorders and has published several books for professionals in collaboration with Daniel Le Grange. He is committed to providing evidence-based treatments to children, adolescents, and their families. Daniel Le Grange, PhD, FAED, is Benioff UCSF Professor in Children’s Health in the Department of Psychiatry and UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences and Director of the Eating Disorders Program at the University of California, San Francisco. He is Emeritus Professor at the University of Chicago, where he was Director of the Eating Disorders Program until 2014. Dr. Le Grange was a member of the team at the Maudsley Hospital in London that developed family-based treatment for anorexia nervosa. Over his career, he has treated numerous adolescents and families struggling with eating disorders. He is a past recipient of the Leadership Award in Research from the Academy of Eating Disorders and an Early Career Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health. The author of over 500 articles, books, book chapters, and published abstracts, Dr. Le Grange has published several books for professionals and parents in collaboration with James Lock, including Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder, Second Edition.

IntroductionI. Getting Started: First Steps Toward Helping Your Child with an Eating Disorder 1. Act Now 2. Get Together 3. Don't Waste Time on "Why?"II. Understanding Eating Disorders 4. Know What You're Dealing With: The Complexity of Eating Disorders 5. Get into Your Child's Head: The Distorted Thinking Behind Your Teenager's Behavior 6. Understand Your Options: What the Research Says about the Best Ways to Treat Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge-Eating Disorder, and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake DisorderIII. Making Treatment Work: How to Solve Everyday Problems to Help Your Child Recover 7. Taking Charge of Change: How to Apply Family-Based Treatment to Help with Eating Disorders 8. Playing a Supporting Role: Other Ways You Can Be a Part of Your Child's Recovery 9. Harnessing the Power of Unity: How to Stay on the Same Page in Your Fight against Eating Disorders 10. Staying Empowered and Informed: How to Work with Professionals Who Are Trying to Help Your Child Resources Further Reading Index About the Authors