Description
Here is a book written by a nutritionist that addresses childhood and teenage eating disorders with a n emphasis on home-based recovery.  This focuses on early detection and intervention with effective solutions that begin in the home, at virtually no cost other than a healthy investment of time, effort, and love.

Unique to this second edition are four chapters devoted to the Maudsley approach, the highly-successful parent-assisted method for normalizing eating.  Included is the moving first-person account by the mother of one anorexic ptietn who describes her daughter’s recovery using the techniques developed  by Dr. Herrin.  Other updated sections provide the latest information on family communications, medical consequences of eating disorders, advice for siblings, relapse prevention, food plans, and boys at risk.

Level: Advanced
ISBN: 0936077034
ISBN-13: 9780936077031
Format: Paperback, 324pp
Edition: 2
Publisher: Gürze Books
Pub date: April 2007

Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Marcia’s Story
Part One: Identifying an Eating Disorder
1. At Risk: Recognizing an Eating Disorder and Spotting Early Warning Signs
2. Bad Habit or Dangerous Behavior? When to Worry About Disordered Eating
3. Prevention: The Power of the Preemptive Strike
4. The Family on the Front Lines
5. Boys at Risk
6. Medical Consequences of Eating Disorders
Part Two: Taking Action
7.  Breaking the Ice: How to Open the Discussion
8.  Avoiding Parent Traps: How Improving Your Relationship to Food and Your Body Can Help Your Child
9.   Beyond the Family Circle: Friends, School, and Summer Camp
Part Three: Using Maudsley Methods
10. The Maudsley Approach: Treating Anorexia Nervosa
11. Parent-Assisted Meals and Snacks (PAMS): A Nutrition-Oriented Interpretation of the Maudsley Approach to Anorexia
12. Using PAMS and the Maudsley Approach to Treat Bulimia and Binge-Eating Disorder
13. A Mother’s Account: How PAMS Tipped the Balance in My Daughter’s Fight Against Anorexia
Part Four: Healthy Eating Guide
14. Normalizing Eating with a Food Plan
15. Getting the Most Out of the Food Plan
16. Normalizing Exercise
17. Managing Relapse
18. When You’ve Done All You Can: Professional Resources and How to Use Them
19. In Closing
Bibliography
Index

Book authors
Marcia Herrin, Ed.D., M.P.H., R.D. has specialized in treating eating disorders since the 1980s following her own battle and recovery from anorexia nervosa and binge-eating disorder.  Founder of the Dartmouth College Eating Disorders Prevention, Education, and Treatment Program, Dr. Herrin is the author of Nutritional Counseling in the Treatment of Eating Disorders.

Nancy Matsumoto has written for People magazine, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and other publications.

Reviews
“This is the definitive encyclopedia for parents who are concerned about their children’s eating or weight.” – Cynthia M. Bulik, Ph.D., F.A.E.D., Jordan Distinguished Professor of Eating Disorders, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“Herrin and Matsumoto give parents and families hope.  I celebrate their respect for parents as an ‘essential resource in successful treatment’.” – Kitty Westin, Anna Westin Foundation

Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 3
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
3020 Assessment of target groups, populations
4160 Adolescence
5070 Pediatrics
6000 Education, training and counseling
6010 Behavior change theories, techniques
6020 Counseling, therapy and facilitation skills
6040 Education theories and techniques for children and adolescents