Eating Disorders
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is indicative only and does not represent the condition of this copy. For information about the condition of this book you can email us.
This text examines the causes of eating disorders, how to identify and manage behaviours associated with the problem, how to maintain relationships, and strategies for coping. The book includes interviews with parents, partners and siblings as well as survivors of eating disorders. Family and friends may find it difficult to deal with the disorder and the emotional turmoil it can cause as concern gives way to feelings of helplessness, frustration, anger, despair and guilt. While the importance of seeking help for the person with the eating disorder is widely recognized, the pressures it places on the people close to them can be overlooked. One of the book's central messages is that in order to help a person with an eating disorder you must take care of your own needs.
Author: Jillian Ball (Senior Clinical Psychologist, Eating Disorder Unit, Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney, Australia)
Format: Paperback, 256 pages, 137mm x 213mm
Published: 1995, Transworld Publishers (Division of Random House Australia), Australia
Genre: Coping with Problems & Illness
This text examines the causes of eating disorders, how to identify and manage behaviours associated with the problem, how to maintain relationships, and strategies for coping. The book includes interviews with parents, partners and siblings as well as survivors of eating disorders. Family and friends may find it difficult to deal with the disorder and the emotional turmoil it can cause as concern gives way to feelings of helplessness, frustration, anger, despair and guilt. While the importance of seeking help for the person with the eating disorder is widely recognized, the pressures it places on the people close to them can be overlooked. One of the book's central messages is that in order to help a person with an eating disorder you must take care of your own needs.