Brave girl eating : a family's struggle with anorexia
by
Brown, Harriet.
Title
:
Brave girl eating : a family's struggle with anorexia
Harriet Brown.
Personal Author
:
Brown, Harriet.
Edition
:
1st ed.
Publication Information
:
New York : William Morrow, c2010.
Physical Description
:
xvi, 268 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN
:
9780061725470
Abstract
:
"Millions of families are affected by eating disorders, which usually strike young women between the ages of fourteen and twenty. But current medical practice ties these families' hands when it comes to helping their children recover. Conventional medical wisdom dictates separating the patient from the family and insists that "it's not about the food, " even as a family watches a child waste away before their eyes. Harriet Brown shows how counterproductive--and heartbreaking--this approach is by telling her daughter's story of anorexia. She describes how her family, with the support of an open-minded pediatrician and a therapist, helped her daughter recover using family-based treatment, also known as the Maudsley approach"-- Jacket.
Bibliography Note
:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-268)
Personal Subject
:
Brown, Harriet.
Brown, Harriet, 1958--Family.
Subject Term
:
Anorexia nervosa -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Anorexia.
Eating disorders.
Mothers and daughters.
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Biography.
Anorexia in adolescence -- Patients -- Biography.
Anorexia in adolescence -- Patients -- Family relationships.
Teenage girls -- Mental health.
Library | Call Number | Type | Status |
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FNSB North Pole | RC 552 .A5 .B76 2010 | Book | Non-fiction |
Kenai Community | 362.196 BRO | Book | Non-fiction |
Sitka Public | 616.8526 BROWN | Book | Non-fiction |