Eating Disorders for Dummies Contributor(s): Schulherr, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0470225491 ISBN-13: 9780470225493 Publisher: For Dummies OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: "Eating Disorders For Dummies" serves as a comprehensive, practical guide for sufferers and their loved ones covering anorexia, bulimia, and other disorders/syndromes such as binging and night eating syndrome. It shows readers how to access the latest treatment techniques, deal with eating and exercise in and out of the home, find a good therapist, and take charge of ensuring recovery. It also explores issues like depression and anxiety and includes questionnaires, checklists for ongoing evaluation, and charts for monitoring and developing positive eating patterns. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Eating Disorders & Body Image - Psychology | Psychopathology - Eating Disorders - Medical | Nutrition |
Dewey: 616.852 |
LCCN: 2008921210 |
Series: For Dummies |
Physical Information: 0.83" H x 7.47" W x 9.15" (1.25 lbs) 384 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Do you think that you or someone you love may suffer from and eating disorder? Eating Disorders For Dummies gives you the straight facts you need to make sense of what's happening inside you and offers a simple step-by-step procedure for developing a safe and health plan for recovery. This practical, reassuring, and gentle guide explains anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder in plain English, as well as other disorders such as bigorexia and compulsive exercising. Informative checklists help you determine whether you are suffering form an eating disorder and, if so, what impact the disorder is having or may soon have on your health. You'll also get plenty of help in finding the right therapist, evaluating the latest treatments, and learning how to support recovery on a day-by-day basis. Discover how to:
Complete with helpful lists of recovery dos and don'ts, Eating Disorders For Dummies is an immensely important resource for anyone who wants to recover -- or help a loved one recover -- from one of these disabling conditions and regain a healthy and energetic life. |