Give food a chance : a new view on childhood eating disorders / Julie O'Toole.

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015.

320 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Originally published: Portland, OR : Perfectly Scientific Press, 2010.

It's a jungle out there -- Why won't my doctor listen? -- Eating disorders of childhood -- It is not the parents' fault -- When insurance refuses to pay -- Are you telling me it's a brain disorder? -- What heritability means and what it does not -- What happens when my child won't eat? -- Psychopharmacology -- What is the role of family? -- What should I expect ...? -- My child has to go to the hospital? -- Finally my child is eating ... what's next? -- Is anorexia nervosa chronic or curable? -- Food phobia.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-273) and index.