num_pages: 224
description: A new understanding and approach to eating disorders from a renowned expert, coauthor of the classic Dying to Be Thin Nearly 5 percent of Americans face an eating disorder -- and eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. Long considered an affliction of young women, they are now common among young men, middle-aged women, and even children as young as five. This is a health crisis of epidemic proportions. Regaining Your Self 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, Dr. Sacker has been treating patients with eating disorders for thirty-five years. This breakthrough book, filled with firsthand accounts from patients, family members, friends, and others, provides what patients and their families desperately a therapeutic model that heals.
language: English
title: Regaining Your Self: Breaking Free From the Eating Disorder Identity: A Bold New Approach
titlecomplete: Regaining Your Self: Breaking Free From the Eating Disorder Identity: A Bold New Approach
genres: Nonfiction, Health, Self Help, Psychology
ratings_count: 86
publisher: Hyperion