Resources for Eating Disorders

• A Starving Madness Author: Judith Ruskay Rabinor, Ph.D. Stories have the power to change lives. This compelling collection is based on actual clients of a psychologist who specializes in eating and body image disorders.

• Anatomy of Anorexia Author: Steven Levenkron, M.D. Many factors contribute to an eating disorder. This book gives a broad perspective on the influences underlying anorexia and what families and sufferers can plan for in terms of its treatment, and prospects for recovery.

• Andrea's Voice: Silenced by Bulimia Author: Doris Smeltzer with Andrea Lynn Smeltzer After a one-year struggle with bulimia, Andrea Smeltzer died in her sleep at the age of 19, catapulting her mother, Doris, into a journey of self-discovery.

• Anorexia Nervosa: A Guide to Recovery Authors: Lindsey Hall & Monika Ostroff Take the first step to recovery from anorexia, staying committed, and eating without fear! Written in a question and answer format, this practical guidebook includes personal experiences, facts about the disorder, and information on healthy eating and weight.

• Best Little Girl in the World Author: Steven Levenkron, M.D. Bestselling novel that broke through the silence about anorexia nervosa.

• Bulimia: A Guide to Recovery Authors: Lindsey Hall & Leigh Cohn This best selling book includes a three-week program to stop bingeing, a guide for support groups, specific advice for loved ones, and "Eat Without Fear," Hall's story of self-cure which has inspired thousands of other bulimics.    

• Dying to be Thin: Understanding and Defeating Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia - A Practical, Lifesaving Guide Authors: Ira M. Sacker, M.D. & Marc A. Zimmer, Ph.D. Written by two experts in the field of eating disorders, this complete resource book explains the causes and symptoms of these disorders, and how and where to find help. With first-hand accounts and case histories, this authoritative yet compassionate guide gives families, friends, and sufferers the help they need.    

• Eating With Your Anorexic: How My Child Recovered Through Family-based Treatment and Yours Can Too Laura Collins This informative narrative relates how Laura Collins treated her daughter's life-threatening anorexia using a the Maudsley Approach-   Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders www.feast-ed.org An organization of and for parents and caregivers to help loved ones recover from eating disorders by providing information and mutual support.

• Fasting Girls Author: Joan Jacobs Brumberg Historical perspectives on body image, growing up female, and the origin of anorexia nervosa. Both a biography of the disease and an inquiry into the cultural forces that perpetrate it.

• FOR PARENTS WHO ARE DOING MAUDSLEY WITH THEIR CHILDREN: Help Your Teenager Beat and Eating Disorder James Lock & Daniel le Grange This book shows how parents can break the disorder's control over their child's mind and re-establish normal eating and family relations.

• French Toast for Breakfast Author: Mary Ann Cohen This is a warm and compassionate guide to understanding the emotions that underlie eating problems: shame, anger, guilt, sexual difficulties, and the fear of success.

• Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e) Authors: Ulrike Schmidt & Janet Treasure A practical book on recovery from bulimia and binge eating that is packed with lists, exercises, case studies, discussions, insights, and specific things to do.

• Golden Cage Author: Hilde Bruch, M.D. First published more than 20 years ago, The Golden Cage is still the classic book on anorexia nervosa for patients, parents, mental health workers, and sufferers.

• Homesick: A Memoir of Family, Food, and Finding Hope Author: Jenny Lauren This startling and unflinching first-person account by the niece of fashion icon Ralph Lauren details a wrenching struggle with anorexia and bulimia—and speaks powerfully to a widespread failure by the medical community to understand eating disorders. Hope Network :  www.hopenetwork.info   The Mission of Hope Network is to provide access to resources, hope and healing to all families affected by eating disorders through: education, coaching, writing and speaking, creating informed healthy families leading loved ones to full recovery as they navigate the crisis of an eating disorder with Joy and Peace and Hope.  

• How I Learned to Love Myself Delia Apollo This book is about how Delia's day to day journey through her pregnancy enabled her to face the demons of her past eating disorder. Inside this book you will read about the inner most thoughts of someone who has battled an eating disorder, as well as daily coping methods and tips for family members and loved ones.

• Life Without Ed Author: Jenni Schaefer By thinking of her eating disorder as a unique personality separate from her own, Jenni Schaefer is able to break up with Ed once and for all.

• Making Peace With Food Author: Susan Kano This full-sized workbook is designed to help anyone who experiences compulsive eating, yo-yo dieting, food and body anxiety, or associated eating disorders.

• My Kid is Back: Empowering Parents to Beat Anorexia Nervosa Jane Alexander with Daniel LeGrange

• Off the CUFF Nancy Zucker This is a skills manual that provides the curriculum taught to parents in the Parent Training Program at Duke Eating Disorders Program.    

• Regaining Yourself: Breaking Free from the Eating Disorder Indenty: A Bold New Approach Author: Ira M. Sacker, M.D. with Sheila Buff This breakthrough book offers hope in the battle against eating disorders through a radical new therapy technique pioneered by Ira M. Sacker, M.D, a leader in the field.

• Skills-Based Learning for Caring for a Loved one With an Eating Disorder: The New Maudsley Method Janet Treasure, Grainne Smith, and Anna Crane This book equips carers with the skills and knowledge needed to support and encourage those suffering from an eating disorder, and to help them to break free from the traps that prevent recovery.

• Surviving an Eating Disorder: Strategies for Family and Friends Authors: Michelle Siegel, Ph.D., Judith Brisman, Ph.D., & Margot Weinshel, Ph.D. Solution and support for family and friends to overcome feelings of confusion, helplessness, and anger. Swept :  www.sweptfilms.com  Swept explores the emotional and relational impact of an eating disorder on the sufferer and their loved ones and has been used powerfully in group and family group settings. 

• When Your Child has an Eating Disorder: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers Abigail H. Natenshon The book offers insights into what constitutes effective ED treatment, and about how parents and families can mentor the healing process as part of the treatment team in supporting recovery. The book offers insights into what constitutes effective ED treatment, and about how parents and families can mentor the healing process as part of the treatment team in supporting recovery. This book was pioneering in advocating family-based therapy for ED, even prior to the publication of the Maudsley texts.

• When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies Authors: Jane Hirschmann, M.S.W. & Carol Munter "Bad body thoughts" are clues to our emotional lives. Learn how to accept yourself—your body as well as your feelings—unconditionally.