Skills-based Learning for Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder
Subtitle: the New Maudsley Method
Contributors: Smith, Grinne; Crane, Anna
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780203945896; 9781280932090
Subjects: Eating disorders; Caregivers
Description: Skills-based Learning for Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder equips carers with the skills and knowledge needed to support and encourage those suffering from an eating disorder, and to help them to break free from the traps that prevent recovery.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Shifting responsibility; title: the lived experience of an eating disorder; 2 Caring for a loved one with an eating disorder; title: first steps; 3 Working with a joint understanding of the illness; title: basic facts about eating disorders; 4 Which kind of carer are you?; 5 Stress, strain and developing resilience; 6 Consequences; title: understanding medical risk; 7 Understanding change; 8 Communication; 9 Interpersonal relationships; 10 Modelling emotional intelligence and problem-solving skills; 11 Managing undereating.