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Brave Girl Eating

A Family's Struggle with Anorexia

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Brave Girl Eating

By: Harriet Brown
Narrated by: Harriet Brown
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Millions of families are affected by eating disorders, which usually strike young women between the ages of fourteen and twenty. But current medical practice ties these families' hands when it comes to helping their children recover. Conventional medical wisdom dictates separating the patient from the family and insists that 'it's not about the food', even as a family watches a child waste away before their eyes. In Brave Girl Eating Harriet Brown describes how her family, with the support of an open-minded pediatrician and a therapist, helped her daughter recover from anorexia using a family-based treatment developed at the Maudsley Hospital in London. Chronicling her daughter Kitty's illness from the earliest warning signs, through its terrifying progression, and on toward recovery, Brown takes us on one family's journey into the world of anorexia nervosa, where starvation threatened her daughter's body and mind. Brave Girl Eating is essential listening for families and professionals alike, a guiding light for anyone who's coping with this devastating disease.

©2010 Harriet Brown (P)2013 Audible, Inc. Eating Disorders Mental Health Personal Development Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Women Health
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a rare compassionate take on the experience of an eating disorder. hariette really helps reveal the internal suffering of living with an ED, so often overlooked in favour of blame and punishment of those with one. very well researched and I believe an excellent resource for those who's loved ones have an ED, and for sufferers themselves.

compassionate, well researched

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A journey none of us want to take. Thank you for reflection of your family’s.

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