My Kid is Back: Empowering Parents with Family-Based Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa - Paperback

by June Alexander (Author), Daniel Le Grange (Author)

When anorexia nervosa (AN) develops in a child, it impacts the entire family. However, family-based treatment (FBT) offers hope by reinstating fundamental family coping principles-empowering parents and supporting them and their children in overcoming this serious psychiatric illness.

Author Biography

June Alexander is a diarist, author, life-writing mentor, and ardent eating disorder advocate. Anorexia nervosa has shaped June's life and writing career. Her PhD explores diary writing as a self-help tool in eating disorder recovery.

Daniel Le Grange, PhD, holds a distinguished professorship in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California in San Francisco and is the director of the Eating Disorders Program in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.