Books by Herrin

The Parent's Guide to Eating Disorders shows that effective solutions begin at home and cost little more than ahealthy investment of time, effort, and love. Based on exciting new research, it differs from similar books in severalkey ways. Instead of concentrating on the grim, expensive hospital stays of patients with severe disorders, theauthors focus on the family, teaching parents how to examine and understand their family's approach to food andbody-image issues and its effect their child's behavior. Parents learn to identify an eating disorder early, to establishhealthy attitudes toward food at a young age, and to intervene in a nonthreatening, nonjudgmental way. The authorsconcentrate on teens, the age group most often affected by eating disorders, as well as younger children. Individualchapters cover boys at risk, relapse training, dealing with friends, school, and summer camp, and much more. Thebook includes an appendix and sections on further reading, organizations and websites, residential and hospitalprograms, and references.