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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with eating disorders
'The book is immensely reassuring to any parent who has experienced
at first hand the problems that a young boy already caught up in
the maelstrom of adolescence can both experience and cause when
anorexia arrives. Any parent or carer concerned about a boy who may
be developing or has already developed an eating disorder will find
this book useful and supportive even when it is talking about the
most difficult problems that affect sufferers and their families'
-" Signpost
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This is a detailed observational account of severe Anorexia
Nervosa in a boy, and the effect on his family. It documents their
emotional and torturous journey through treatment back to full
health. The descriptions of the disorder are written without jargon
and with great accuracy. The book is packed with practical tips on
how to manage everyday situations. This is truly a book that
adolescents, their families, and clinicians should read' - " Dr
David Firth, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
"'Boys don t get anorexia' is a phrase that any parent who is
concerned about a son who is losing too much weight or exercising
excessively will hear at some time or other. Well, boys DO get
eating disorders and in this very personal and insightful book,
Jenny Langley looks at what it means to have a son who does in fact
have anorexia. Jenny writes about the way in which the disorder
crept up on her family and then seemed to take over the household.
The slow painful climb of her] son back to recovery is recounted in
uncomfortable detail. Ultimately however this is a story of hope.
Joe does recover eventually and although life is by no means the
same as before, it does return to a new normality' - "From the
foreword by Steve Bloomfield, Eating Disorders Association
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Eating disorders are usually associated with females but there
are an increasing number of males affected by anorexia and bulimia.
Often there is a link between male eating disorders and athletic
prowess, and the quest for physical perfection can result in
damaging behaviours associated with diet, supplements and
exercise.
This unique and important book combines a mine of information
with a readable and engaging case study. The author was shocked and
horrified when her son developed anorexia at the age of twelve.
Having a research background, she naturally turned her attention to
finding out as much as she could about how best to combat this
terrifying illness. Her son is now fully recovered and has
supported this book that not only describes their experiences, but
also provides a practical guide on how to cope with male eating
disorders.
A much needed resource for other parents in similar situations,
the book will also be of interest to people working in health
centres, clinics and hospitals. It will also be invaluable for
youth support groups, teachers and sports coaching staff, who are
often the first to be aware of concerns about eating disorders in
young men.
Jenny is a Chartered Accountant who worked in the pharmaceutical
industry for many years. Latterly she has also worked in the
Financial Services Industry (for six years) as a pharmaceutical and
healthcare analyst and salesperson. She is a member of the Eating
Disorder Association and a volunteer member of their Self Help
Network."
Millions of families are affected by eating disorders, which
usually strike young women between the ages of fourteen and twenty.
But current medical practice ties these families' hands when it
comes to helping their children recover. Conventional medical
wisdom dictates separating the patient from the family and insists
that 'it's not about the food', even as a family watches a child
waste away before their eyes. In BRAVE GIRL EATING Harriet Brown
describes how her family, with the support of an open-minded
paediatrician and a therapist, helped her daughter recover from
anorexia using a family-based treatment developed at the Maudsley
Hospital in London. Chronicling her daughter Kitty's illness from
the earliest warning signs, through its terrifying progression, and
on toward recovery, Brown takes us on one family's journey into the
world of anorexia nervosa, where starvation threatened her
daughter's body and mind. BRAVE GIRL EATING is essential reading
for families and professionals alike, a guiding light for anyone
who's coping with this devastating disease.
'Beautiful and heart-rending . . . I could smell Africa on every
page' - A. A. Gill Caroline Jones was born in Ethiopia and spent
most of her childhood in East Africa. She read French and Spanish
at Oxford University and went on to make documentaries for the BBC.
Now aged 39, she is happily married with two children. Yet beneath
this seemingly perfect public exterior, Caroline was in fact
privately indulging in a pattern of destructive behaviour that left
her exhausted, anxious, depressed and full of self-loathing - from
the ages of 17 to 31, for 14 years, Caroline was suffering from an
extremely widespread yet comparatively little-talked about mental
illness - bulimia. Caroline is articulate, intelligent, insightful
and frank about her experiences, interweaving the journey of her
illness with memories of her African childhood, her time at Oxford,
her work for the BBC, her family and other relationships, making
for a warm and engaging memoir. Her perceptive, retrospective
approach to her illness allows her to transcend the topic of
bulimia and talk more generally about self-destructive behaviour -
there are lessons here which will speak to a little part of
everyone.
Do you ever feel like something's missing in your life - you just
can't put your finger on what? Do you ever experience cravings so
strong you feel like something's possessing you? In Hungry for
More, Mel Wells helps you dive deeper into your food and body
psychology, to help you understand how your unwanted eating
patterns and cravings might not be due to a lack of will power but
a lack of fulfilment. What's more, if you pay attention to them,
they might actually point you in the direction of your soul's true
calling. Our relationship with food is a mirror of our relationship
with life, which means our deepest cravings point to something much
greater than caramel lattes. When we set ourselves free from the
limiting beliefs we have around food and our bodies, we begin to
discover just how powerful we really are. Hungry for More is a call
to anyone who wants to look more deeply at those hidden messages
around food and cravings, and in doing so, unlock a gateway to
limitless spiritual and personal growth.
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