Eating Disorders Books - Page 5

The Best Little Girl in the World

Steven Levenkron

Amazon Price: $6.99 List Price: $6.99 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Grand Central Publishing Amazon Marketplace: 67 new & used starting at $0.98

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Disorders & Diseases -> Diabetes -> General
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Disorders & Diseases -> Diabetes -> General AAS
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Mental Health -> Eating Disorders

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 170 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Fine..........If you're shallow 1 out of 5 stars.
8 of 15 people found this review helpful.

I'm a nineth grader in a small town and am being told to read this book for my English class. My teacher spent valuable budget money on a class set of this junk and I'm severely appalled.

First thing first, this book is hardly appropriate for a guy to read and is not school suitable, either. It also contains a good deal of profain language.

It appears to have the capability of reverse physcology and is definately dangerous. If you're shallow enough to just take it with a grain of salt and only read enough to write the report....it's great, but if you read into it......it's just strange. It almost encourages anorexia nervosa. Definately plenty of stereotyping as well.

Good punctuation, though....kudos to the editor.


Verdict: Not Suitable for Teenage Girls, Guys of any Age, High School Students, and of-their-rocker English teachers.

Anabelle W., Age 15

Editorial Review:

Teenager Francesca Deitrich feels too fat, giving into the pressures of her ballet teacher and the pencil-thin models in the media, in a revealing story about a ""perfect"" little girl suffering from the destructive obsession of anorexia nervosa. Reprint."

Learning to Be Me: My Twenty-Three-Year Battle with Bulimia

Jocelyn Golden

Amazon Price: $15.25 List Price: $16.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: iUniverse Star Amazon Marketplace: 26 new & used starting at $7.38

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Biographies & Memoirs -> Memoirs
Subjects -> Biographies & Memoirs -> Specific Groups -> Women
Subjects -> Biographies & Memoirs -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 19 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

“Having read many books on eating disorders, I am always inspired by ones that are written from a personal perspective. Learning To Be Me is so honest and bravely written. It offers readers immense hope, and I am already recommending it to some of my clients.”
—Andrea Wachter, coauthor of The Don’t Diet, Live-It! Workbook

Many women in the United States who suffer from eating disorders die from the diseases annually. Learning To Be Me: My Twenty-Three-Year Battle with Bulimia is one woman’s courageous battle to not become a statistic.

From violent self-abuse to feelings of despair as her cries for help went unanswered, author Jocelyn Golden’s Learning To Be Me chronicles her battle and ultimate victory over one of the most silent, misunderstood, and deadly eating disorders in America. With candor and wit, Golden recounts the miserable realities of living with bulimia for more than two decades and paints a vivid self-portrait of a woman obsessed with being thin.

An inspirational memoir about the search for strength, motivation, and support, Learning To Be Me illustrates the importance of self-love on the journey to healing.

Twelve Steps For Overeaters Anonymous: An Interpretation Of The Twelve Steps Of Overeaters Anonymous

Elisabeth L.

Amazon Price: $10.36 List Price: $12.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Hazelden Amazon Marketplace: 61 new & used starting at $2.00

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Disorders & Diseases -> Diabetes -> General
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Disorders & Diseases -> Diabetes -> General AAS
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Mental Health -> Eating Disorders

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Excellent 12 Step Companion Book 5 out of 5 stars.
54 of 55 people found this review helpful.

Being in recovery in OA for 6 years and reading the OA and AA 12 & 12's NUMEROUS times, I was looing for something new and fresh to read. This book truly fit the bill. The author really breaks the steps down into many subcategories and delves into issues deeply. Not a substituute for the AA or OA 12 & 12 by any means, but a great "study aid" to the 12 steps.

This book is life altering if you are ready to recover 5 out of 5 stars.
41 of 41 people found this review helpful.

I was shocked to see that there were actually negative reviews on this book.
One of the reviews I read sounds like it was written for another book as the content in the review was not related to any of the people or subjects contained in this book.
... On to what I have to say about this book. This is positively one of the greatest books I have read for overeaters. This is not a diet book, but a healing tool, and a spiritual tool using the twelve steps.
In many ways compulsive overeaters or binge eaters are like alcoholics. It is a compulsive disorder that has so little to do with food. We eat to "stuff" our pain, hurt, anger, fears, regrets, sorrows and disappointments.
Using the tools in this book and going to Overeaters Anonymous I have been binge free for two months. I haven't had any sugar during that time. At one time these both really did seem impossible. But thanks to this wonderful book and the help of OA I am healing. If you have problems with binge eating or compulsive overeating I think this book is well worth the money and more.

Editorial Review:

The author of the popular Food for Thought takes a fresh, in-depth look at the Twelve Steps of Overeaters Anonymous. Each chapter carefully examines and interprets each of the individual Steps.

Thin

Lauren Greenfield

Amazon Price: $23.10 List Price: $35.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Chronicle Books Amazon Marketplace: 50 new & used starting at $8.75

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Arts & Photography -> Photography -> Photo Essays
Subjects -> Arts & Photography -> Photography -> Portraits
Subjects -> Arts & Photography -> Photography -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 17 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Critically acclaimed for Girl Culture and Fast Forward, Lauren Greenfield continues her exploration of contemporary female culture with Thin, a groundbreaking book about eating disorders. Greenfield's photographs are paired with extensive interviews and journal entries from twenty girls and women who are suffering from various afflictions. We meet 15-year-old Brittany, who is convinced that being thin is the only way to gain acceptance among her peers; Alisa, a divorced mother of two whose hatred of her body is manifested in her relentless compulsion to purge; Shelly, who has been battling anorexia for six years and has had a feeding tube surgically implanted in her stomach; as well as many others. Alongside these personal stories are essays on the sociology and science of eating disorders by renowned researchers Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Dr. David Herzog, and Dr. Michael Strober. These intimate photographs, frank voices, and thoughtful discussions combine to make Thin not only the first book of its kind but also a portrait of profound understanding.

Appetites: On the Search for True Nourishment

Geneen Roth

Amazon Price: $10.20 List Price: $15.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Plume Amazon Marketplace: 72 new & used starting at $0.01

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Cooking, Food & Wine -> General AAS
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Mental Health -> Eating Disorders
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Nutrition -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 12 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Disapointed 3 out of 5 stars.
11 of 17 people found this review helpful.

Buy the books instead. Her screechy voice is hard to listen to.

Wanted: Less Fluff, More Stuff 3 out of 5 stars.
10 of 12 people found this review helpful.

Although there were some interesting and enlightening concepts hidden within the pages of this book - most of it was entirely too autobiographical and boring to be of much use to me. I kept waiting for her stories to tie into the condition of being overweight and/or unsatisfied. She starts on several different veins that I feel could have been interesting and much more deeply explored, but dissapointingly, they weren't.

Appetites by Geneen Roth 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful.

This book follows a series of books by Geneen Roth in which she addresses the connection between food and our emotions. Emotional eating or not eating is a way in which we manage our feelings. She is a wonderful writer who is able to clarify difficult issues by sharing autobiographical vignettes with humor and insight. She tells the story of how she overcame emotional eating. It's a book everyone who struggles with food should read.

Editorial Review:

Geneen Roth's bestselling "When Food Is Love" profoundly explored the relationship between eating and intimacy in women's lives. Now in "Appetites", she takes the themes of longing, self-denial, and nourishment and puts them into the broader context of women's experience.

Losing Your Pounds of Pain

Doreen Virtue

Amazon Price: $12.55 List Price: $13.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Hay House Amazon Marketplace: 84 new & used starting at $3.95

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Disorders & Diseases -> Diabetes -> General
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Disorders & Diseases -> Diabetes -> General AAS
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Mental Health -> Eating Disorders

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 15 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Great Resource for Overeaters 5 out of 5 stars.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful.

I really appreciate this book. I loved the caring tone and the way the author seemed to reach out and give the reader a hug! I think that so many of the stories and descriptions spoke to my heart about myself and friends that I found myself calling friends or emailing parts of the books so we could talk ideas! This is a gem! Thank you for writing it, Doreen.

Disappointing and highly graphic and disturbing. 1 out of 5 stars.
5 of 7 people found this review helpful.

I had high expectations for this book, thinking that I'd find some interesting facts and research on overall emotional overeating, not just related to sexual abuse. Sadly, this book is heavily laden with disturbing and very graphic accounts of sexual molestation, incest and rape. I had a hard time reading through the disgusting experiences related in the book.
I feel nothing but sorrow to think that a human being could be subjected to such horrible acts and hope that those can be healed and live lives full of love and joy.
While it provides some useful ideas, such as excercise,affirmations and visualization to release the negative emotions, the book also lacked a comprehensive plan to help victims of sexual abuse deal effectively with their pain. Directly from her book:
"To uncover the unresolved pain, you usually need to recall some painful experiences from childhood and/or adolesce and determine who the perpetrator was. If you blamed yourself for any abuse that you suffered, then you need to remind yourself that, as a young person, you weren't responsible for the abusive or neglectful actions of others -even if you somehow felt responsible at the time."
Ms. Virtue advises people to seek professional help and get involved in psycotherapy. She also suggests a low fat diet, which is a pretty archaic advise and proven not very effective.
Unless you have had a similar experience as those related in this book, I don't think it would beneficial to you.

Editorial Review:

Emotional and physical abuse can cause people to turn to food for comfort, security, and even self-punishment. Through visualisation, affirmations, imagery, meditation, and healthy eating and exercise habits, Dr. Virtue shows you how you can break the damaging connection between emotional pain and overeating to uncover your true, natural self by shedding the false skin of unhappiness. First lose your pain, then the weight loss will follow!

The Anorexia Workbook: How to Accept Yourself, Heal Your Suffering, and Reclaim Your Life (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)

Michelle Heffner, Georg H. Eifert

Amazon Price: $13.57 List Price: $19.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: New Harbinger Publications Amazon Marketplace: 40 new & used starting at $8.00

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Disorders & Diseases -> Diabetes -> General
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Disorders & Diseases -> Diabetes -> General AAS
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Mental Health -> Eating Disorders

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

"You will learn to accept and live with the uncontrollable thoughts and feelings that haunt you about your weight, and you will learn to take charge and move your life in directions that you value," promise the authors, both specialists in treating people with anorexia. They use the ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy) philosophy: Accept the thoughts and feelings, and commit to actions that take charge of your life in a positive way. Step by step, you learn to understand that what you've been doing isn't working, deal with emotions and thoughts more effectively, identify your life values, start living a life that reflects those values, and cope with barriers. The overriding point is that you can act before you "get things right in your head." The style is warm, simple, and accepting--no stern lectures or commands to eat. The workbook has large pages and is well laid-out and easy to follow. Each chapter presents bulleted preview points at the beginning, clear content, and plenty of self-tests, exercises, and worksheets to get you immediately involved in each part of the process. Highly recommended for people challenged by anorexia and those who love them or work with them. --Joan Price

When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies: Freeing Yourself from Food and Weight Obsession

Jane R. Hirschmann

Amazon Price: $10.17 List Price: $14.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Ballantine Books Amazon Marketplace: 87 new & used starting at $0.19

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Disorders & Diseases -> Diabetes -> General
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Disorders & Diseases -> Diabetes -> General AAS
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Mental Health -> Eating Disorders

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 22 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

"Will empower all women to stop believing that our bodies are the problems, dieting the solution."

--Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.

Author of The Dance of Anger



In this revolutionary new book, bestselling authors Carol Munter and Jane Hirschmann explore the myriad reasons why women cling to diets despite overwhelming evidence that diets don't work. In fact, diets turn us into compulsive eaters who are obsessed with food and weight.



Munter and Hirschmann call this syndrome "Bad Body Fever" and demonstrate how "bad body thoughts" are clues to our emotional lives. They explore the difficulties women encounter replacing dieting with demand feeding. And finally, they teach us how to think about our problems rather than eat about them--so that food can resume its proper place in our lives.



"Many women will find in these pages exactly what they need: determined, optimistic, and resourceful coaches, pausing at the right moments to acknowledge the difficulty of change, then passionately urging them to press on."

--Susan C. Wooley, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology

Codirector, Eating Disorders Center

University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Surviving an Eating Disorder

Michelle Siegel, Judith Brisman, Margot Weinshel

Amazon Price: $10.40 List Price: $13.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Collins Living Amazon Marketplace: 99 new & used starting at $0.01

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Disorders & Diseases -> Diabetes -> General
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Disorders & Diseases -> Diabetes -> General AAS
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Mental Health -> Eating Disorders

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Definitely not for sufferers 2 out of 5 stars.
24 of 33 people found this review helpful.

I got this book without reading the subtitle (Strategies for Family and Friends). I thought it might help me with Binge-Eating problems. It didn't. In fact, I got very bored. It was sickeningly boring and only discussed how to handle things if you weren't really all that involved.

First of all, it's my experience with any kind of mental health problem that you can't give a person help if they don't want the help. They have to make a conscious effort to choose to get help. This book somewhat bypasses this whole thing.

Second, it states what you typically see in an Anorexic -- loss of weight, not eating, etc. Okay, who doesn't know this? If you didn't know this, then you probably wouldn't be picking up the book in the first place.

I really don't think this book would be helpful if I had a friend or family member with an eating disorder. It's very unhelpful in my personal opinion.

Skip this book!

Editorial Review:

Surviving an Eating Disorder became an instant success when it was first published in 1988, not just because it was among the first books to alert America to the serious dangers of a silent but widespread disease, but because it offered effective solutions and support for family and friends of those with eating disorders. Eight years after its publication, the book continues to sell briskly and generate continuing interest from readers.

This new edition has been revised to address the cutting-edge advances made in the field of eating disorders, discuss how the changes in health care have affected treatment and provide additional strategies for dealing with anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder. It also includes updated readings and a list of support organizations. Without a doubt the best book on the subject, it is required reading for those suffering from eating disorders, their families and professionals.

When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder: A Step-By-Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers

Abigail H. Natenshon

Amazon Price: $14.96 List Price: $22.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Jossey-Bass Amazon Marketplace: 57 new & used starting at $7.50

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Disorders & Diseases -> Diabetes -> General
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Disorders & Diseases -> Diabetes -> General AAS
Subjects -> Health, Mind & Body -> Mental Health -> Eating Disorders

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 12 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

educational, unconditional, and a grand lesson for communicating 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

I am a 29 year old adult who went through the recovery process of an eating disorder 10 years ago. Upon experiencing a reoccurrence of the disorder, I read this book. I was elated with the knowledge and kindness vibrating off the pages. I have gotten back on track thanks to Abigail. In addition to the education on Eating Disorders, I found this book a GEM on communicating. It has changed the way my husband and I speak and listen to one another, as well as our young children. It encourages family dynamics be explored to help recovery, but is it not a good lesson for all parents (families)to learn to "hear" what is said, and to what is not said. I will keep this book on my shelf as an invaluable resource for Eating Disorders, or any emotional disorder that may come up, for parenting, and for communication skills. Thank you, Abbie for your time and efforts in writting this book.

Editorial Review:

When Your Child has an Eating Disorder is the first hands-on workbook to help parents successfully intervene when they suspect their child has an eating disorder. This step-by-step guide is filled with self-tests, questions and answers, journaling and role playing exercises, and practical resources that give parents the insight they need to understand eating disorders and their treatment, recognize symptoms in their child, and work with their child toward recovery. This excellent and effective resource is one therapists can feel confident about recommending to patients.