Bulimia | The Role of Parents in a Child’s Recovery
Abigail H. Natenshon—psychotherapist, author, and speaker—is the author of When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers. Her website www. empoweredparents.com offers practical help in helping victims of eating disorders.
Summary: Parents often witness the deteriorating condition of a child who has developed an eating disorder, but their lack of awareness of the gravity of the disease often prevents them from acting in time to remedy the illness. Parents can help their children most by gently...
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- Introduction
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Table of Contents
- Bulimia Nervosa: An Overview
- Testimony of a Recovered Female Bulimic
- Bulimia in Older Women
- Men Are Becoming More Vulnerable to Bulimia
- Adolescence: Setting the Stage for Eating Disorders
- Bulimia May Be Linked to Sexual Abuse
- Bingeing and Dieting as Methods of Coping with Pain
- Bulimia Is on the Rise Among Nonwhite Populations
- Current Approaches to Treating Bulimia
- The Role of Parents in a Child’s Recovery
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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