I. Getting Started: First Steps Toward Helping Your Child with an Eating Disorder

1. Act Now

2. Get Together

3. Don't Waste Time on "Why?"

II. Understanding Eating Disorders

4. Know What You're Dealing With: The Complexity of Eating Disorders

5. Get into Your Child's Head: The Distorted Thinking Behind Your Teenager's Behavior

6. Understand Your Options: What the Research Says about the Best Ways to Treat Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge-Eating Disorder, and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

III. Making Treatment Work: How to Solve Everyday Problems to Help Your Child Recover

7. Taking Charge of Change: How to Apply Family-Based Treatment to Help with Eating Disorders

8. Playing a Supporting Role: Other Ways You Can Be a Part of Your Child's Recovery

9. Harnessing the Power of Unity: How to Stay on the Same Page in Your Fight against Eating Disorders

10. Staying Empowered and Informed: How to Work with Professionals Who Are Trying to Help Your Child

Resources

Further Reading

Index

About the Authors