This guide to breaking free from eating disorders warns of the potentially deadly health consequences of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and compulsive overeating. While showing afflicted readers how to seek help, this book also explains how concerned friends of people with eating disorders can offer support and participate in the recovery process.

Newly updated to include the latest developments in family therapy, psycho-pharmacology, hospitalization policies, insurance coverage, and support services, this essential bestselling guide is widely recognized as the bible for eating disorder patients and their families. This new edition has been revised to address cutting-edge advances made in the field of eating disorders and includes updated readings and a list of support organizations.

Newly updated to include the latest developments in family therapy, psycho-pharmacology, hospitalization policies, insurance coverage, and support services, this essential bestselling guide is widely recognized as the bible for eating disorder patients and their families. This new edition has been revised to address cutting-edge advances made in the field of eating disorders and includes updated readings and a list of support organizations.