How People Recover from Eating Disorders

by Linda Riebel, Ph. D., and Jane Rachel Kaplan, Ph. D., 2004

Contents

Prologue      The Pudge and The Freshman Ton: 

                        A Therapist Recalls Her Struggle With Food

                        by Linda Riebel, Ph.D.                         

                 

Part I    Recognizing the Problem

Chapter 1. How can eating go wrong?             

            Chapter 2. Kinds of eating problem                  

Chapter 3. Understanding causes

            Chapter 4. Medical aspects of eating disorders             

Chapter 5. The family’s role

                                                           

Part II   Finding Help

            Chapter 6.  Are eating disorders curable?

            Chapter 7. Getting started

            Chapter 8. The right kind of help                                  

Chapter 9. Stages of recovery

            Chapter 10. How to tell good from not-so-good treatment

            Chapter 11. There may be other problems 

                  Chapter 12. Intensive treatment

           

Part III    Life Skills for Lasting Recovery

Chapter 13. Thinking clearly

Chapter 14. Managing emotions

            Chapter 15. Communicating

            Chapter 16. Making decisions

            Chapter 17. Handling dissociation (“spacing out”)

            Chapter 18. Managing weight

Part IV    Special Issues

            Chapter 19. Children

            Chapter 20. Men and adolescent boys

            Chapter 21.  Good intentions

      Chapter 22. Some final thoughts 
 

Notes

Suggested Reading

Websites 

How People Recover from Eating Disorders can be ordered from Dr. Riebel

(linda.riebel@earthlink.net) or from www.Xlibris.com.  1-888-795-4274

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