What parents should do?
Parents can help prevent kids from developing an eating disorder by building their self-esteem and encouraging healthy attitudes about nutrition and appearance. If you become worried that your son or daughter might be developing an eating disorder, it's important to step in and seek proper medical care.
http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/eating_disorders.html
For more information visit:
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=98735
http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1994-98197-000
http://weight-loss.healthxtourism.com/bulimia-weight-loss-bulimia-weight-loss-tips/
http://www.healthline.com/health/bulimia/effects-on-body
http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/eating_disorders.html
For more information visit:
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=98735
http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1994-98197-000
http://weight-loss.healthxtourism.com/bulimia-weight-loss-bulimia-weight-loss-tips/
http://www.healthline.com/health/bulimia/effects-on-body
Statistics
PREVALENCE
http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/anorexia/statistics.htm
- It is estimated that 8 million Americans have an eating disorder – seven million women and one million men
- One in 200 American women suffers from anorexia
- Two to three in 100 American women suffers from bulimia
- Nearly half of all Americans personally know someone with an eating disorder (Note: One in five Americans suffers from mental illnesses.)
- An estimated 10 – 15% of people with anorexia or bulimia are males
- Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness
- A study by the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders reported that 5 – 10% of anorexics die within 10 years after contracting the disease; 18-20% of anorexics will be dead after 20 years and only 30 – 40% ever fully recover
- The mortality rate associated with anorexia nervosa is 12 times higher than the death rate of ALL causes of death for females 15 – 24 years old.
- 20% of people suffering from anorexia will prematurely die from complications related to their eating disorder, including suicide and heart problems
- Only 1 in 10 people with eating disorders receive treatment
- About 80% of the girls/women who have accessed care for their eating disorders do not get the intensity of treatment they need to stay in recovery – they are often sent home weeks earlier than the recommended stay
- Treatment of an eating disorder in the US ranges from $500 per day to $2,000 per day. The average cost for a month of inpatient treatment is $30,000. It is estimated that individuals with eating disorders need anywhere from 3 – 6 months of inpatient care. Health insurance companies for several reasons do not typically cover the cost of treating eating disorders
- The cost of outpatient treatment, including therapy and medical monitoring, can extend to $100,000 or more
- Anorexia is the 3rd most common chronic illness among adolescents
- 95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25
- 50% of girls between the ages of 11 and 13 see themselves as overweight
- 80% of 13-year-olds have attempted to lose weight
- Rates of minorities with eating disorders are similar to those of white women
- 74% of American Indian girls reported dieting and purging with diet pills
- Essence magazine, in 1994, reported that 53.5% of their respondents, African-American females were at risk of an eating disorder
- Eating disorders are one of the most common psychological problems facing young women in Japan.
http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/anorexia/statistics.htm
There are some good books about eating disorders which can help parents understand and help their children.
The Secret Language of Eating Disorders: The Revolutionary Approach to Understanding and Curing Anorexia and Bulimia
Overview
Self-Help/Women's HealthAcclaim for Peggy Claude-Pierre's The Secret Language of Eating Disorders
"Peggy Claude-Pierre has gone beyond the surface of eating disorders to discover their true causes and then present a valid and healing path. In this extremely constructive book, she offers incredible insights into the mind of the sufferer and the myths of eating disorders." --Keith J. Karren, Ph.D.,
Department Chair, Health Sciences,
Brigham Young University
"Peggy Claude-Pierre is a warrior--ferocious and relentless--whose work has rescued a decade of sufferers." --Edward Feller, M.D., F.A.C.P.,
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine,
Brown University School of Medicine
"Peggy Claude-Pierre has created a paradigm shift in the way we view and treat anorexia. Peggy has shifted the focus of care from that of controlling the symptoms of disordered eating to healing the negativity that would otherwise plague the individual for the rest of his or her life. I have developed the utmost respect for her, for I realize that she has translated the secret language of anorexia. Now it is up to us to use the knowledge she has revealed."
--Daniel J. Smith, M.D.
"Peggy Claude-Pierre's work begins where attachment to the limiting obstacles of theory end. She has brought back from the dead many young lives the world deemed hopeless. . . . There are many who possess the title of 'doctor' who have never come close to her incredible example of the selfless healer."
--Craig T. Pratt, M.D.,
Chief, Division of Addiction Medicine,
Grant-Riverside Methodist Hospital
"...written by the founder of the world-renowned eating disorders program at the Montreaux Clinic in Victoria, Canada...reveals the author's ground-breaking theories on the ultimate cure for anorexia and bulimia."
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-secret-language-of-eating-disorders-peggy-claude-pierre/1111888590
Self-Help/Women's HealthAcclaim for Peggy Claude-Pierre's The Secret Language of Eating Disorders
"Peggy Claude-Pierre has gone beyond the surface of eating disorders to discover their true causes and then present a valid and healing path. In this extremely constructive book, she offers incredible insights into the mind of the sufferer and the myths of eating disorders." --Keith J. Karren, Ph.D.,
Department Chair, Health Sciences,
Brigham Young University
"Peggy Claude-Pierre is a warrior--ferocious and relentless--whose work has rescued a decade of sufferers." --Edward Feller, M.D., F.A.C.P.,
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine,
Brown University School of Medicine
"Peggy Claude-Pierre has created a paradigm shift in the way we view and treat anorexia. Peggy has shifted the focus of care from that of controlling the symptoms of disordered eating to healing the negativity that would otherwise plague the individual for the rest of his or her life. I have developed the utmost respect for her, for I realize that she has translated the secret language of anorexia. Now it is up to us to use the knowledge she has revealed."
--Daniel J. Smith, M.D.
"Peggy Claude-Pierre's work begins where attachment to the limiting obstacles of theory end. She has brought back from the dead many young lives the world deemed hopeless. . . . There are many who possess the title of 'doctor' who have never come close to her incredible example of the selfless healer."
--Craig T. Pratt, M.D.,
Chief, Division of Addiction Medicine,
Grant-Riverside Methodist Hospital
"...written by the founder of the world-renowned eating disorders program at the Montreaux Clinic in Victoria, Canada...reveals the author's ground-breaking theories on the ultimate cure for anorexia and bulimia."
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-secret-language-of-eating-disorders-peggy-claude-pierre/1111888590
Biting Anorexia by Lucy Howard-Taylor
(...)Many parts of the book were written while she was still recovering, I found it amazing that one suffering so young could have such a self-awareness about what she was going through and such a determination to make it through. The writing is beautiful, at times very sad, but a chronicle of one who did not want to waste her intelligence. There are no weights mentioned in this book, which I found very helpful when comparing it to a book like Wasted by Marya Hornbacher where the mention of weights can often send people back into the scuttles of an eating disorder, or worse give them ideas about the weight they have to be to be classified as 'really sick.' She mentioned Hornbacher's book several times, even once saying it triggered her into bad behaviours but she found the resources on recovery helpful. The thoughts abundant in this book at many times reminded me of my own thoughts, that I'm not serious enough, sick enough, not perfect enough but it also displays how the gradual thoughts of anorexia can lead to an eating away of the brain, dropping marks, further antisocial behaviour and suicidal thoughts. In the case of Lucy, her dreams through High School of getting top HSC (Australian school leaving certificate) marks were dashed when her battle took its toll on her. Despite this, she still somehow amazingly managed to pass and give a final speech at the end of her years of school about why it's worth it to keep on battling.
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http://catrat07.blogspot.com/2009/06/biting-anorexia-by-lucy-howard-taylor.html
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http://catrat07.blogspot.com/2009/06/biting-anorexia-by-lucy-howard-taylor.html
Feeling For Bones by Bethany Pierce
Pressurized family dynamics and a dysfunctional church experience force 16-year-old Olivia to seek her own reality. For her self-image as a thinker, painter, and older sister, Olivia determines who she thinks she ought to be.
Her baggy clothes and exhaustive calorie scrutiny can't cover up the fact that she is allowing her body to wither away. As Olivia encounters small town prying and a tighter-than-comfortable rental house, her escape becomes her art. And her goal becomes the impossible perfection of airbrushed magazine models.
Feeling For Bones is Olivia's story as her struggles become more than physical and she is finally led to the answers she was running from all along.
This story opens up a window to the thought processes and struggles of teen and college-aged women who struggle with eating disorders. Young women will find a friend who thinks like they do. And mothers will find a compatriot in the battle to help their daughters deal with body image.
http://www.amazon.com/Feeling-Bones-Bethany-Pierce/dp/080246288X/ref=sr_1_40?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289922229&sr=1-40
Her baggy clothes and exhaustive calorie scrutiny can't cover up the fact that she is allowing her body to wither away. As Olivia encounters small town prying and a tighter-than-comfortable rental house, her escape becomes her art. And her goal becomes the impossible perfection of airbrushed magazine models.
Feeling For Bones is Olivia's story as her struggles become more than physical and she is finally led to the answers she was running from all along.
This story opens up a window to the thought processes and struggles of teen and college-aged women who struggle with eating disorders. Young women will find a friend who thinks like they do. And mothers will find a compatriot in the battle to help their daughters deal with body image.
http://www.amazon.com/Feeling-Bones-Bethany-Pierce/dp/080246288X/ref=sr_1_40?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289922229&sr=1-40
Second Star to the Right by Deborah Hautziq
Leslie Hiller is a bright, attractive, talented teenager who leads a privileged life in New York City. She is also a perfectionist. When Leslie starts to diet, she finds herself becoming obsessed, getting thinner and thinner, until she is forced to realize that her quest for perfection is killing her. First published in 1981, this groundbreaking novel has been lauded by countless librarians, educators, and teenaged readers. This new edition features an afterword by the author in which she discusses her own struggle with the disease, the difficult road toward recovery, and the lasting effects on her life.
http://www.amazon.com/Second-Star-Right-Deborah-Hautzig/dp/0141305800/ref=sr_1_55?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289923643&sr=1-55
http://www.amazon.com/Second-Star-Right-Deborah-Hautzig/dp/0141305800/ref=sr_1_55?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289923643&sr=1-55
Thin Enough: My Spiritual Journey Through the Living Death of an Eating Disorder by Sheryle Cruse
The teen and college years are a crucial time for girls, when positive or negative views about their bodies often become manifest. Written to eating disorder sufferers who are at this critical age, Thin Enough provides hope that, through faith and trust in God, they too can rise above the living death of eating disorders and arise as God’s daughters, full of life and with a promising future.
http://www.amazon.com/Thin-Enough-Spiritual-Journey-Disorder/dp/1596690038/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289919545&sr=1-8
http://www.amazon.com/Thin-Enough-Spiritual-Journey-Disorder/dp/1596690038/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289919545&sr=1-8
When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers by Abigail H. Natenshon
When Your Child has an Eating Disorder is the first hands-on workbook to help parents successfully intervene when they suspect their child has an eating disorder. This step-by-step guide is filled with self-tests, questions and answers, journaling and role playing exercises, and practical resources that give parents the insight they need to understand eating disorders and their treatment, recognize symptoms in their child, and work with their child toward recovery. This excellent and effective resource is one therapists can feel confident about recommending to patients.
http://www.amazon.com/Child-Eating-Disorder-Step-Step/dp/0787945781/ref=pd_sim_b_4
http://www.amazon.com/Child-Eating-Disorder-Step-Step/dp/0787945781/ref=pd_sim_b_4
Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder by James Lock and Daniel Le Grange
If your teenager shows signs of having an eating disorder, you may hope that, with the right mix of love, encouragement, and parental authority, he or she will just "snap out of it." If only it were that simple. To make matters worse, certain treatments assume you've somehow contributed to the problem and prohibit you from taking an active role. But as you watch your own teen struggle with a life-threatening illness, every fiber of your being tells you there must be some part you can play in restoring your child's health. In Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder, James Lock and Daniel Le Grange--two of the nation's top experts on the treatment of eating disorders--present compelling evidence that your involvement as a parent is critical. In fact, it may be the key to conquering your child's illness. Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder provides the tools you need to build a united family front that attacks the illness to ensure that your child develops nourishing eating habits and life-sustaining attitudes, day by day, meal by meal. Full recovery takes time, and relapse is common. But whether your child has already entered treatment or you're beginning to suspect there is a problem, the time to act is now. This book shows how.
http://www.amazon.com/Help-Your-Teenager-Eating-Disorder/dp/1572309083/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289919545&sr=1-5
http://www.amazon.com/Help-Your-Teenager-Eating-Disorder/dp/1572309083/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289919545&sr=1-5
Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too by Jenni Schaefer
A unique new approach to treating eating disorders
Eight million women in the United States suffer from anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia. For these women, the road to recovery is a rocky one. Many succumb to their eating disorders. Life Without Ed offers hope to all those who suffer from these often deadly disorders. For years, author Jennifer Schaefer lived with both anorexia and bulimia. She credits her successful recovery to the technique she learned from her psychologist, Thom Rutledge.
This groundbreaking book illustrates Rutledge's technique. As in the author's case, readers are encouraged to think of an eating disorder as if it were a distinct being with a personality of its own. Further, they are encouraged to treat the disorder as a relationship rather than as a condition. Schaefer named her eating disorder Ed; her recovery involved "breaking up" with Ed
http://www.amazon.com/Life-Without-Ed-Declared-Independence/dp/0071422986/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y
Eight million women in the United States suffer from anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia. For these women, the road to recovery is a rocky one. Many succumb to their eating disorders. Life Without Ed offers hope to all those who suffer from these often deadly disorders. For years, author Jennifer Schaefer lived with both anorexia and bulimia. She credits her successful recovery to the technique she learned from her psychologist, Thom Rutledge.
This groundbreaking book illustrates Rutledge's technique. As in the author's case, readers are encouraged to think of an eating disorder as if it were a distinct being with a personality of its own. Further, they are encouraged to treat the disorder as a relationship rather than as a condition. Schaefer named her eating disorder Ed; her recovery involved "breaking up" with Ed
- Shares the points of view of both patient and therapist in this approach to treatment
- Helps people see the disease as a relationship from which they can distance themselves
- Techniques to defeat negative thoughts that plague eating disorder patients
http://www.amazon.com/Life-Without-Ed-Declared-Independence/dp/0071422986/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y
For professionals
The Oxford Handbook of Eating Disorders (Oxford Library of Psychology)
Oxford Handbooks offer authoritative and up-to-date reviews of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned chapters from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates, as well as a foundation for future research. Oxford Handbooks provide scholars and graduate students with compelling new perspectives upon a wide range of subjects in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
A rich source of authoritative content that supports reading and study in the field, The Oxford Handbook of Eating Disorders reviews current research and clinical developments through synthetic chapters written by experts from various fields of study and clinical backgrounds. Epidemiologic studies suggest that eating disorders are not only common but have increased in prevalence in recent decades, and this handbook refines and updates the state of research. The book is divided into four sections: phenomenology and epidemiology of the eating disorders, approaches to understanding the disorders, assessment and comorbidities of the disorders, and prevention and treatment. The first section deals with classification and epidemiology of the disorders, considerations for revisions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and the somewhat neglected topic of eating disorders in childhood and early adolescence. The second section describes research basic to understanding the eating disorders and addresses biological factors, psychosocial risk factors, cultural factors, and the effects of behaviors such as dieting and eating and weight concerns in the genesis of the eating disorders. The third section describes assessment of the eating disorders, medical and psychological comorbidities, and medical management. The final section deals with various treatment modalities that have been found successful, including psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacologic approaches; an overview of evidence-based treatment for the eating disorders; and a consideration of what we know about cost-effectiveness of existing treatments.
The multiple perspectives and breadth of scope offered by The Oxford Handbook of Eating Disorders make it an invaluable resource for clinicians, researchers, and educators, as well as scholars and students.
http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Handbook-Disorders-Library-Psychology/dp/0195373626/ref=sr_1_82?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289925273&sr=1-82
A rich source of authoritative content that supports reading and study in the field, The Oxford Handbook of Eating Disorders reviews current research and clinical developments through synthetic chapters written by experts from various fields of study and clinical backgrounds. Epidemiologic studies suggest that eating disorders are not only common but have increased in prevalence in recent decades, and this handbook refines and updates the state of research. The book is divided into four sections: phenomenology and epidemiology of the eating disorders, approaches to understanding the disorders, assessment and comorbidities of the disorders, and prevention and treatment. The first section deals with classification and epidemiology of the disorders, considerations for revisions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and the somewhat neglected topic of eating disorders in childhood and early adolescence. The second section describes research basic to understanding the eating disorders and addresses biological factors, psychosocial risk factors, cultural factors, and the effects of behaviors such as dieting and eating and weight concerns in the genesis of the eating disorders. The third section describes assessment of the eating disorders, medical and psychological comorbidities, and medical management. The final section deals with various treatment modalities that have been found successful, including psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacologic approaches; an overview of evidence-based treatment for the eating disorders; and a consideration of what we know about cost-effectiveness of existing treatments.
The multiple perspectives and breadth of scope offered by The Oxford Handbook of Eating Disorders make it an invaluable resource for clinicians, researchers, and educators, as well as scholars and students.
http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Handbook-Disorders-Library-Psychology/dp/0195373626/ref=sr_1_82?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289925273&sr=1-82
Eating Disorders: Time For Change: Plans, Strategies, and Worksheets
This collection for therapists and clients presents practical, how-to information, for the treatment of eating disorders. The authors have kept the needs of the therapist in mind by considering managed care as well as specific therapeutic issues. This resource will maximize the efficient use of time and resources for the therapist and increase the efficacy of work with clients with eating disorders. Clients will find the tools to be helpful resources and a critical extension of individual therapy.
http://www.amazon.com/Eating-Disorders-Change-Strategies-Worksheets/dp/1583910573/ref=sr_1_68?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289924275&sr=1-68
http://www.amazon.com/Eating-Disorders-Change-Strategies-Worksheets/dp/1583910573/ref=sr_1_68?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289924275&sr=1-68
DIÁRIOS DA ANOREXIA
A ausência de comunicação e o descuido com os problemas dos filhos podem gerar grandes transtornos
Diários da Anorexia é uma história verídica de como a ausência de comunicação e o descuido com os problemas dos filhos podem gerar grandes transtornos em uma família.
A filha anoréxica passa mensagens cifradas. A mãe, muito mais preocupada com os próprios problemas, não percebe. São personagens reais, de uma família comum, enfrentando a anorexia, doença que atinge muitas pessoas, principalmente mulheres, independentemente de idade, aparência ou sucesso de vida.
Escrito por Linda M. Rio e Tara M. Rio, "Diário da Anorexia",lançamento da Editora M.Books, ao contrário de qualquer outro livro, leva o leitor para dentro do mundo intrigante de transtornos alimentares entre adolescentes.
Testemunhe a história real nos diários íntimos que revelam os momentos mais sombrios da família Rio – e as vitórias.
http://www.mbooks.com.br/cgi-bin/e-commerce/busca_e-commerce.cgi?lvcfg=mbooks&action=saibamais&codigo=384339
A filha anoréxica passa mensagens cifradas. A mãe, muito mais preocupada com os próprios problemas, não percebe. São personagens reais, de uma família comum, enfrentando a anorexia, doença que atinge muitas pessoas, principalmente mulheres, independentemente de idade, aparência ou sucesso de vida.
Escrito por Linda M. Rio e Tara M. Rio, "Diário da Anorexia",lançamento da Editora M.Books, ao contrário de qualquer outro livro, leva o leitor para dentro do mundo intrigante de transtornos alimentares entre adolescentes.
Testemunhe a história real nos diários íntimos que revelam os momentos mais sombrios da família Rio – e as vitórias.
http://www.mbooks.com.br/cgi-bin/e-commerce/busca_e-commerce.cgi?lvcfg=mbooks&action=saibamais&codigo=384339