Martina Effmert

My child has an eating disorder

Understanding the illness ? understanding your child How to help with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and emetophobia

• 20% of children and teenagers between 11 and 17 years old have sings of a disturbed eating behaviour; girls are affected almost twice as often as boys
• The author is an expert in the field of anxiety- and eating disorder and treats in her practice many children and their families
• Taking sorrows, offering support and orientation: This guidebook educates about disease patterns and shows how parents can help their children and finding professional support
• For parents of children in the age between 10 and 18 which suffer from eating disorders such as Bulimia, emetophobia, binge eating and others

Recognize eating disorders early, understand them and help immediately
When the eating habit of children and teenagers change, parents are often the first who notice. When a child eats secretly, refuses to eat out or rejects their favourite food a frightening question can occur: Has my child an eating disorder? It is important to understand the complex origins of eating disorders with children and to act accordingly. Martina Effmert offers parents immediately implementable strategies and valuable practical tips so that they can effectively support their child with anorexia, bulimia or binge eating and help them reliably.

ISBN: 978-3-8426-1756-8