My Kid Is Back Empowering Parents to Beat Anorexia Nervosa

Empowering families to heal their loved ones who are suffering from anorexia nervosa, this informative book offers the Maudsley Approach as a successful treatment. Encouraging parents to play an active and positive role in their child's journey towards health, this account presents 10 case studiesas well as the author's own struggles with the disorderthat provide insight into the illness itself and illustrate the promising evidence-based results. A history of anorexia is outlined, and the development of the Maudsley Approach and its ongoing research is also further explored. Written in an easily accessible style, this well-researched argument will help families hand the control over eating back to their recovering adolescents.

Journalist June Alexander worked in country and metropolitan newspapers for more than thirty years as editor, columnist, reviewer and feature writer. At eleven years of age, she developed anorexia nervosa and several years later, bulimia nervosa. Their impact on June's life has inspired her interest in family-based treatment.

Daniel Le Grange, PhD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neuroscience and Director of the Eating Disorders Program at the University of Chicago. He is a member of the team that developed the Maudsley Approach, Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders, and serves on the National Eating Disorders Association's advisory council in the United States. He is the co-author of several books.