Eating Disorders in Adolescents. Practical Methods for Combating Anorexia, Bulimia, and Psychogenic Overeating

Practical methods for combating anorexia, bulimia, and psychogenic overeating!

This book — a wonderful resource for parents and caregivers, as well as mental health professionals, teachers, counselors, and coaches who work with adolescents suffering from eating disorders. It clearly outlines the principles of the Maudsley approach and the process of involving parents in treatment, as feeding a child — is one of the manifestations of love, and it has always been so! However, when a child suffers from an eating disorder, parents often lose confidence in fulfilling this fundamental task. This guide will help them regain confidence and assist the child in recovery through practical and scientifically proven methods.

Eating disorders in adolescents, such as anorexia, bulimia, or psychogenic overeating, can evoke feelings of anxiety, uncertainty, or even helplessness in parents when faced with these issues. Therefore, proven and effective treatment methods are needed. This book describes a scientifically grounded approach that will help the adolescent choose a healthy lifestyle and maintain not only their physical but also their mental health.

The program described in the book is based on the principles of a unique approach to treating eating disorders in adolescents, known as the Maudsley family therapy system.

This guide will help monitor the adolescent's recovery of eating habits, assist them in normalizing their eating behavior, regulate meal times, expand their diet, teach proper eating habits, as well as utilize coping strategies and skills necessary to prevent relapses.