Eating with Your Anorexic: How My Child Recovered Through Family-Based Treatment and Yours Can Too

A very interesting book that really turns what you think you know about anorexia on its head. Makes the very good point that by the time families seek treatment for this disease, of COURSE they look dysfunctional because by that point, they've been driven frantic and crazy with worry over their teen's lack of eating. Dysfunctional family, therefore, is not always the CAUSE of anorexia, often it is "co-morbid" with anorexia, brought on by the disease and the feelings of helplessness that it brings.

I also liked this book because the author makes the very good point that doctors and therapists don't always know best, yet unfortunately many of them are not that good at admitting they are not omnipotent. The author of this book had to show more battle the "accepted wisdom" of how anorexic teens should be treated. I have great respect for her and for what she and her family accomplished. show less

A very interesting book that really turns what you think you know about anorexia on its head. Makes the very good point that by the time families seek treatment for this disease, of COURSE they look dysfunctional because by that point, they've been driven frantic and crazy with worry over their teen's lack of eating. Dysfunctional family, therefore, is not always the CAUSE of anorexia, often it is "co-morbid" with anorexia, brought on by the disease and the feelings of helplessness that it brings.

I also liked this book because the author makes the very good point that doctors and therapists don't always know best, yet unfortunately many of them are not that good at admitting they are not omnipotent. The author of this book had to show more battle the "accepted wisdom" of how anorexic teens should be treated. I have great respect for her and for what she and her family accomplished. show less