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My Kid is Back explains how family-based treatment can greatly reduce the severity of anorexia nervosa in children and adolescents, allowing the sufferer to return to normal eating patterns, and their families to return to normal family life.
In this book ten families share their experiences of living with anorexia. Parents describe their frustrations in seeking help for their child and dealing with their behaviour and sufferers discuss how the illness gets into their mind and takes over their personality.
By focusing on the Maudsley family approach and expert advice from Professor Daniel Le Grange, and including clear lists of illness symptoms, strategies for parents and carers to follow, and information on getting further treatment and support, this book proves an essential resource for families who want to win the battle with anorexia nervosa.
News
June Alexander speaks openly to The Sydney Morning Herald: Adult anorexia: the forgotten tragedy of lives lost to illness.
Laura Collins—eating disorder parent activist and executive director of F.E.A.S.T.—talks with June Alexander:
Susan Ringwood—Chief Executive of b-eat—talks with June Alexander
June Alexander is interviewed in the March 2010 "You Are Not Alone Monthly Recovery Support Letter". You can download a copy of the newsletter from http://www.youarenotalonebook.com/supportletter/Supportletter-March2010.pdf (PDF file, 4.8MB). The interview can be found on pages 5-8.