Table of Contents

Preface

PART ONE: Straight Talk about Eating Disorders

  1. Chapter 1: Everything You Need to Know About Eating Disorders: Definitions, Warning Signs, and Diagnosis
  2. Chapter 2: The Questions Every Parent Asks: Why My Child? What Did I Do Wrong?
  3. Chapter 3: Accepting the Truth and Moving Forward
  4. Chapter 4: Serious Medical Risks
  5. Chapter 5: Private Thoughts: What Kids Say About Their Condition

PART TWO: You Know There’s a Problem: Now What Do You Do?

  1. Chapter 6: Getting Help: Organizing Your Child’s Treatment Team
  2. Chapter 7: Working with Your Child’s Medical Specialist
  3. Chapter 8: Working with Your Child’s Psychiatric Provider
  4. Chapter 9: Working with Your Child’s Registered Dietitian

PART THREE: Extreme Situations

  1. Chapter 10: Healing the Body at a Medical Hospital
  2. Chapter 11: Healing the Mind at a Residential Treatment Program

PART FOUR: It’s Up to You: Strategies to Help Parents Promote Recovery

  1. Chapter 12: Supporting Your Child at Home
  2. Chapter 13: Food for Thought: Planning, Preparing and Supervising Meals
  3. Chapter 14: Creating a Safe and Healthy Environment at School
  4. Chapter 15: What About the Rest of Us?

PART FIVE: Insurance Strategies: Getting Your Insurance Company to Pay for Treatment

  1. Chapter 16: Strategies to Maximize Insurance Reimbursement

Final Thoughts

Acknowledgments

Appendices

  1. A. Internet Resources
  2. B. Referral Resources for Finding Eating Disorders Specialists
  3. C. Books About Eating Disorders
  4. D. Sample Insurance Letters
  5. E. The Insurance Appeal Pack
  6. F. Guideline for Physicians for Responding to Denial for “Lack of Medical Necessity”
  7. G. Resources for Physicians

Notes