Harriet Brown is the author of "Brave Girl Eating" and an article on the Telegraph's website today gives you a summary of her experience. (Her book is about to be launched in the UK.) Well worth a read.
A book which we found really useful at the start, as UK-based parents of a teenage boy with anorexia, was Jenny Langley's "Boys Get Anorexia Too". At £21.84 from Amazon, it isn't cheap, but it was ten times more useful than some of the books we bought as part of our learning curve.
As a reminder, other useful books are: Janet Treasure's Skills-based Learning for Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder: The New Maudsley Method and Lock & Le Grange's Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder.
Want information on eating disorders in boys? Worried your son has an eating disorder? What are the signs of eating disorders in boys? In 2009 my 15-year-old son developed anorexia. Now aged 31 and with a MSc in Psychology he is recovered & working in mental health using his experiences to help others. I help to raise awareness of eating disorders in boys, point parents to helpful resources & talk about how eating disorders can traumatise families.
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