To call about treatment options:
SomethingFishy at (800)-690-7239
Or for information regarding eating disorders call the National Eating
Disorders Association at (800)-931-2237
Books to Read:
Dying to be Thin
Ira M. Sacker and Marc
A. Zimmer
New York, NY: Warner Books, c1987 (updated 1995). 259 pp.
Summary: Good Information on the development and
treatment of eating disorders.
Eating Disorders: Everything You Need to
Know
Jim Kirkpatrick and Paul Caldwell
Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 2001. 195 pp.
Summary: Excellent consumer level
resource on eating disorders that discusses various forms of the disorder and their histories, complicating factors of eating
disorders, and issues of therapy and recovery.
Helping Athletes with Eating Disorders
– Chapters 4-7
Ron A. Thompson and Roberta Trattner Sherman
Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Publishers,
1993. pp. 67-172.
Summary: Chapters 4-7 cover athletes with eating disorders, managing those athletes (including sports
issues) and education/prevention. The book also discusses the incidences and types of eating disorders found in males.
Surviving an Eating Disorder: New Perspectives
and Strategies for Family and Friends
Michele Siegel, Judith Brisman, Margot Weinshel.
New York, NY: Harper & Row,
c1988. (Updated 1997). 212 pp.
Summary: Deals with psychological issues, family relationships, and what
to do if you or family members have an eating disorder.
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