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Eating disorders require a complex combination of psychological, medical, and nutritional approaches. As a parent, you are the constant guardian of your child's health, but often the best way to extend treatment from the examining room to the living room isn't clear. Take Charge of Your Child's Eating Disorder is a hands-on, medically-based guide that tells you what you need to know about eating disorders. As the founder and director of the Adolescent Eating Disorder Parent Education and Support Program at Stanford University, Dr. Pamela Carlton has treated hundreds of children and adolescents with eating disorders as well as guided their parents through the maze of eating disorder treatments. This book offers a wealth of crucial information, including: Warning signs and diagnostic criteria for anorexia, bulimia, and eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS) Facts about the "hidden" eating disorder -- "Female Athletic Triad" A step-by-step plan for diagnosis, treatmentoptions, and recovery support Detailed advice for putting together and successfully managing a treatment team The real story about insurance: what's covered, what's not, and how to fight the system Specific strategies for handling delicate situations, talking to your child, and accessing the most up-to-date resources
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Pamela Carlton, MD, is a physician in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine
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Eating disorders are complex, difficult to treat, and often life-threatening. Pediatrician Carlton (founder & director, Adolescent Eating Disorder Education & Support Program, Stanford Univ.) here collaborates with writer Ashin to offer parents a practical guide to helping their afflicted children. Carlton stresses that eating disorders require a multidisciplinary team including physicians, psychotherapists, and nutritionists as well as parents. She provides support tools and information to assist parents in finding appropriate treatment, choosing programs and practitioners, and dealing with insurance issues. A series of appendixes lists web sites for patients, families, and health professionals; books; resources for finding specialists; and sample letters and a kit for appealing to insurance providers (the latter includes materials for families and physicians). Quotes from teens and parents dealing with eating disorders provide a dose of reality. This is an excellent book, more detailed and up to date than Tania Heller's Eating Disorders: A Handbook for Teens, Families and Teachers. The information on dealing with insurance providers is especially valuable and not usually included in other books on this subject. Highly recommended for public, health science, and consumer health libraries.-Barbara M. Bibel, Oakland P.L. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Part 1 Straight Talk About Eating Disorders | p. 1 |
| 1 Everything You Need to Know About Eating Disorders: Definitions, Warning Signs, and Diagnosis | p. 3 |
| 2 The Questions Every Parent Asks: Why My Child? What Did I Do Wrong? | p. 19 |
| 3 Accepting the Truth and Moving Forward | p. 27 |
| 4 The Medical Risks of Eating Disorders | p. 37 |
| 5 Private Thoughts: What Kids Say about Their Condition | p. 49 |
| Part 2 You Know There's a Problem: Now What Do You Do? | p. 63 |
| 6 Getting Help: Organizing Your Child's Treatment Team | p. 67 |
| 7 Working with Your Child's Medical Specialist | p. 75 |
| 8 Working with Your Child's Psychiatric Provider | p. 87 |
| 9 Working with Your Child's Registered Dietitian | p. 95 |
| Part 3 Extreme Situations | p. 101 |
| 10 Healing the Body at a Medical Hospital | p. 105 |
| 11 Healing the Mind at a Residential Treatment Program | p. 119 |
| Part 4 It's Up to You: Strategies to Help Parents Promote Recovery | p. 129 |
| 12 Supporting Your Child at Home | p. 133 |
| 13 Food for Thought: Planning, Preparing, and Supervising Meals | p. 151 |
| 14 Creating a Safe and Healthy Environment at School | p. 157 |
| 15 What About the Rest of Us? | p. 161 |
| Part 5 Tactics to Get Your Insurance Company to Pay for Treatment | p. 165 |
| 16 Maximizing Insurance Reimbursement | p. 169 |
| Final Thoughts | p. 185 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 187 |
| Appendices | p. 189 |
| A Internet Resources | p. 189 |
| B Referral Resources for Finding Eating Disorders Specialists | p. 191 |
| C Recommended Books about Eating Disorders | p. 195 |
| D Sample Insurance Letters | p. 199 |
| E The Insurance Appeal Pack | p. 207 |
| F Guideline for Physicians for Responding to Denial for "Lack of Medical Necessity" | p. 211 |
| G Resources for Physicians | p. 213 |
| Notes | p. 217 |
| Index | p. 219 |
