ANRED: Bibliography

Browse through the following six sections to find resources that will give you information and ideas for change. The first section contains books written for parents, friends and family members. The second section offers self-help techniques and resources for people who want to change their relationship to food. The third section includes spiritual approaches to change. The fourth section offers personal stories written by people who have overcome disordered eating. The fifth section includes material for clinicians, educators, youth workers, and agency personnel. The last section lists the many resources used in construction of the ANRED Web site.

For more information about them, see the catalogue descriptions at Gurze Books.

Please note, the books are listed alphabetically in the following categories. Click on the following links to jump to category

For parents, friends and family members

Self-help and recovery

Spiritual approaches to self-help and recovery

Personal stories

For clinicians and educators

References: foundation of the ANRED Web site

For parents, friends, and family members

Father Hunger: Fathers, daughters and food, by Margo Maine, Ph.D. This book details the origins of the syndrome and its effect on the family. Contains new practical solutions to help dads and daughters understand and improve their relationships.

Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder, by James Lock, MD, Ph.D., and Daniel LeGrange, Ph.D. The practical language and research-based approach of this book make it exceptionally useful for building a united family front, especially in conjunction with professional treatment.

If Your Adolescent Has an Eating Disorder: An essential resource for parents, by B. Timothy Walsh, MD, and V.L. Cameron. This book includes the most current information on finding treatment, types of care, understanding EDs and navigating the health care system.

Just a Little Too Thin: How to pull your child back from the brink of an eating disorder, by Michael Strober, Ph.D., and Meg Schneider, MA, LMSW. Describes what your daughter might do and say in three distinct stages of eating behavior.

Nourishing Your Daughter: Help your child develop a healthy relationship with food and her body, by Carol Beck. Give your daughter the tools to take responsibility for her health, appearance, and happiness.

The Parents' Guide to Childhood Eating Disorders, by Marcia Herrin, Ed.D., and Nancy Matsumoto. Here is the first book written by a nutritionist that addresses childhood and teenage eating disorders -- with an emphasis on home-based recovery.

Surviving an Eating Disorder: Perspectives and strategies for family and friends, by Michelle Siegel, Ph.D.; Judith Brisman, Ph.D.; and Margot Weinshel, Ph.D. Solutions and support for family and friends to help overcome feelings of confusion, helplessness and anger.

This Mean Disease: Growing up in the shadow of my mother's anorexia, by Daniel Becker. In this beautifully written memoir, Daniel Becker shares the inner world of his mother's anorexia nervosa and its devastating effects on his family.

When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder: A step-by-step workbook for parents and other caregivers, by Abigail Natenshon. Combining factual information, sound advice and written exercises, this workbook is for parents of preteens through college-aged children who want to participate in the recovery process.

Why She Feels Fat: Understanding your loved one's eating disorder and how you can help, by Johanna Marie McShane and Tony Paulson. This book defines and explores eating disorders from the inside out to convey the emotional experiences and perspectives of those who have them.

Self-help and recovery

100 Questions and Answers About Eating Disorders, by Carolyn Costin, LMFT. Concise but comprehensive. Written by a therapist with over 20 years experience working with people who have eating disorders.

All Made Up: A girl's guide to seeing through celebrity hype -- and celebrating real beauty, by Audrey Brashich. Survival tips for young women living in a culture that idolizes twiggy celebrities.

Anorexia Nervosa: A guide to recovery, by Lindsey Hall and Monika Ostroff. Take the first steps to recovery from anorexia: staying committed and eating without fear. Also available in Spanish as Como Entender y Superar la Anorexia Nerviosa.

The Anorexia Workbook: How to accept yourself, heal your suffering and reclaim your life, by Michelle Heffner, MA, and Georg Eifert, Ph.D. This book encourages mindfully observing difficult thoughts and feelings without reacting to them in a self-destructive way.

The Athletic Woman's Survival Guide, by Carol Otis, M.D., and Roger Goldingay. Female athletes can put together a healthy training plan and move beyond the problem of the female athlete triad.

Big Fat Lies: The truth about your weight and your health, by Glenn Gaesser, Ph.D. Takes on the fat phobia that permeates so much of the research about obesity and health. Here's the proof that people can be overweight and still be fit and healthy.

Binge No More: Your guide to overcoming disordered eating, by Joyce Nash, Ph.D. Cognitive therapy techniques and coping strategies to help readers understand and overcome the differences between eating disorders and disordered eating.

Body Image Workbook: an 8-step program for learning to like your looks, by Thomas Cash, Ph.D. Full-sized, informative workbook that offers help for improving body image.

The Body Myth: Adult women and the pressure to be perfect, by Margo Maine, Ph.D., and Joe Kelly. This book provides healing insights and proven techniques for reclaiming your life.

Bodylove: Learning to like our looks and ourselves, by Rita Freedman, Ph.D. A guide for women who want to become less critical of their appearance, less preoccupied with weight, and more in love with themselves -- physically, sexually and emotionally.

Bulimia: A guide to recovery, by Lindsey Hall and Leigh Cohn, M.A.T. This best selling book includes a three-week program to stop bingeing, a guide for support groups, specific advice for loved ones. Also contains "Eat Without Fear." Available in Spanish as Como Entender y Superar la Bulimia.

Demystifying Anorexia Nervosa: An optimistic guide to understanding and healing, by Alexander Lucas, MD. Dr. Lucas draws on 40 years of experience, mostly at the Mayo Clinic, to offer clear guidance and authoritative advice on how to overcome anorexia nervosa.

The Don't Diet, Live-It! Workbook: Healing food, weight and body issues, by Andrea LoBue, LMFCC, and Marsea Marcus, LMFCC. This workbook is full of information, moving personal stories and insightful worksheets to help people understand and resolve their food, weight and body issues.

Eating Disorders Today: A newsletter for recovering individuals and their loved ones. This compassionate and supportive newsletter combines helpful clinical facts and self-help advice from respected experts in the field of eating disorders.

The Food and Feelings Workbook: A full course meal on emotional health, by Karen Koenig, LCSW. Interactive exercises that explore the link between emotions and unhealthy eating and dieting.

The Golden Cage: The enigma of anorexia nervosa, by Hilde Bruch, M.D. A a vivid and moving account of the causes, effects and treatment of this devastating disease. Includes biographical material about Hilde Bruch, an early authority who introduced anorexia nervosa to popular culture.

Life Without Ed: How one woman declared independence from her eating disorder & how you can too, by Jenni Schaefer with Thom Rutledge. By thinking of her eating disorder as a unique personality separate from her own, Jenni Schaefer is able to break up with Ed once and for all.

Making Peace with Food: Freeing yourself from the diet-weight obsession, by Susan Kano. This full-sized workbook is designed to help anyone who experiences compulsive eating, yo-yo dieting, food and body anxiety or related eating disorders.

Making Weight: Men's conflicts with food, weight, shape and appearance, by Arnold Andersen, MD; Leigh Cohn, M.A.T; and Thomas Holbrook, MD. Practical solutions for men who are suffering from anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating, excessive exercise, steroid abuse, etc.

Over It: A teen's guide to getting beyond obsessions with food and weight, by Carol Emery Normandi and Laurelee Roark. Advice for teenagers on how to get over obsessions with food and weight and listen to the guidance of their inner wisdom (for teens, including boys).

Overcoming Night Eating Syndrome: A step-by-step guide to breaking the cycle, by Kelly Allison and Albert Stunkard, with Sara Their. This book, the first written specifically to help people struggling with NES, offers a step-by-step strategy for managing and overcoming this problem.

Regaining Your Self: Breaking free from the eating disorder identity, by Ira M. Sacker, MD. A method of filling the void that the eating disorder masks. Learn how to discover passionate interests rooted in your own personality and interests. First-person stories included.

The Rules of Normal Eating: A common sense approach for dieters, overeaters, undereaters, emotional eaters and everyone in between, by Karen Koenig, LICSW, M.Ed. Filled with humor, compassion, and practical wisdom, this little rulebook has a wealth of big ideas for all types of eaters.

When Food Is Love: Exploring the relationship between eating and intimacy, by Geneen Roth. An elegant portrayal of the relationship between eating and intimacy.

Spiritual approaches to self-help and recovery

The Art of the Inner Meal: The power of mindful practices to heal our food cravings, by Barbara Ganim. Award-winning writer and former monk shows you how to overcome food struggles without dieting.

Desperately Seeking Self: An inner guidebook for people with eating problems, by Viola Fodor. A Christian workbook. Presented in an appealing gift book format, the intimate dialogue encourages readers to open their hearts and minds to explore.

Divining The Body: Reclaim the holiness of your physical self, by Jan Phillips. Discover an entirely new way of looking at the body-as a pathway to the Divine.

Eating in the Light of the Moon: How women can transform their relationships with food through myths, metaphors and storytelling, by Anita Johnston, Ph.D. Multicultural folk tales and stories illustrate important steps on the journey to recovery.

Seeing Yourself in God's Image: Overcoming anorexia and bulimia: Group member's guide, by Martha Homme, MA. A Christian workbook. This workbook is intended for use by organized groups, but will be helpful for individuals on their own. Facilitator's guide also available for use in groups.

What Are You Hungry For?: Women, food and spirituality , by Lynn Ginsburg and Mary Taylor. Using simple, powerful methods adapted from Eastern practices this is a gentle reminder that eating disorders are often symptoms of a deep spiritual void.

Personal stories

A Starving Madness: Tales of hunger, hope, and healing in psychotherapy, by Judith Ruskay Rabinor, Ph.D. Stories have the power to change lives. Based on actual clients of a psychologist who specializes in eating and body image disorders.

Andrea's Voice: Silenced by bulimia, by Doris Smeltzer, her mother, with Andrea Lynn Smeltzer. After a one-year struggle with bulimia, Andrea Smeltzer died in her sleep at the age of 19, catapulting her mother, Doris, into a journey of self-discovery.

Appetites: Why women want, by Caroline Knapp. Insight into the search for healing, love, intimacy, pleasure and genuine fulfillment.

The current ANRED number one recommendation

Gaining: the truth about life after eating disorders, by Aimee Liu. The first book to explain in easily understandable language why some people are vulnerable to eating disorders and relapse and others are not. Also why intensive treatment is necessary for recovery. Ms. Liu's focus is on genetics, heredity, and inborn temperament.

For clinicians and educators

The Body Betrayed: A deeper understanding of women, eating disorders, and treatment, by Kathryn J. Zerbe, M.D. Dr. Zerbe, a feminist psychiatrist, interlaces intelligent discussion with stories about individuals who have valiantly engaged in recovery.

Body Image: A handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice, by Thomas F. Cash, Ph.D., and Thomas Pruzinsky, Ph.D. Chapters delve into cultural issues, dysfunctions and disorders a medical context, and psychosocial interventions of body image.

Brief Therapy and Eating Disorders: A practical guide to solution-focused work with clients, by Barbara McFarland, Ph.D. Solution-focused brief therapy is one of the more efficient approaches in treating eating disorders.

Counselling for Eating Disorders in Men: Person-centred dialogues, by Richard Bryant-Jefferies. This professional book aims to demonstrate the counselor's application of the person-centered approach (PCA) in working with men.

Cutting: Understanding and overcoming self-mutilation, by Steven Levenkron, Ph.D. Written for self-mutilators, parents, friends and therapists, this book explains why the disorder manifests as self-harming behaviors.

Eating Disorders: A guide to medical care and complications, by Philip Mehlet, MD, and Arnold Andersen, MD. This is a hands-on, user friendly and comprehensive guide for primary care physicians and mental health professionals.

Eating Disorders: Time for change, by Mona Villapiano and Laura Goodman. Workbook for both therapist and client that uses the Stages of Change model. Can be used with Eating Disorders: The journey to recovery, a companion workbook for clients to use between sessions.

EDNOS: Eating disorders Not otherwise specified: Scientific and clinical perspectives on the other eating disorders, edited by Claes Norring and Bob Palmer. This professional book covers all eating disorders that do not fall into either of the two main diagnostic groups.

Handbook of Treatment for Eating Disorders, by David Garner, Ph.D., and Paul Garfinkel, MD, 1997 revision. The main approaches to treatment are covered in sufficient detail to give clinicians a step-by-step blueprint for the conduct of therapy. This one is a classic.

Healthy Body Image: Teaching kids to eat and love their bodies too! by Kathy J. Kater. Lesson plans for grades 4-6 with a curriculum that emphasizes appreciating inner strength rather than appearance and preventing body dissatisfaction. A prevention curriculum for grades 4-6.

Integrated Treatment of Eating Disorders, by Kathryn J Zerbe. In this comprehensive book, Kathryn Zerbe, author of the landmark The Body Betrayed, addresses how to apply the insights from new research.

Nutrition Counseling in the Treatment of Eating Disorders, by Marcia Herrin, Ed.D., RD. Herrin details relevant nutritional and biological fact, assessment, counseling techniques and prescription of a food plan.

RSVP: Respect Self Value People: Middle school student lesson and activity guide, by Tamara Pryor, Ph.D., and Jana Konek. Provides middle school students (ages 11 to 14) with guidelines and activities for developing positive interpersonal and social skills.

Working with Groups to Explore Food and Body Connections, edited by Sandy Stewart Christian, MSW. Here are 36 step-by-step instructions for group activities specific to eating issues, body image, size acceptance, and self-care.

Some of these books may be available at the library. If not, check your local bookstore. You may have to make a special order if they are not in stock.

You can also order through Gürze Books. Click on the link and browse their extensive online catalog of material dealing with eating disorders, self-esteem, and body image.

Reference resources used by ANRED in constructing this site (listed alphabetically by author)

_____, Anorexia Nervosa, edited by Meir Gross, MD, The Collamore Press, 1982.
_____, Eating Disorders Review, edited by Joel Yager, MD, Gurze Books, July 1990 to present
_____, Controlling Eating Disorders, edited by Raymond Lemberg, Ph.D., Oryx Press, 1992
_____, Handbook of Psychotherapy for Anorexia Nervosa & Bulimia, edited by David Garner, Ph.D. and Paul Garfinkel, MD, Guilford Press, 1985.
_____, Full Lives: women who have freed themselves from food and weight obsession, edited by Lindsey Hall, Gurze Books, 1993.
_____, Handbook of Eating Disorders: physiology, psychology, and treatment of obesity, anorexia, and bulimia, edited by Kelly Brownell, Ph.D. and John Foreyt, Ph.D., Basic Books, 1986.
_____, NEDO Newsletter, edited by National Eating Disorders Organization, various dates.
_____, Psychiatric Clinics of North America: eating disorders, W. B. Saunders Company, June 1984.
_____, Understanding Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia, report of the fourth Ross Conference on Medical Research, Ross Laboratories, 1983.
Andersen, Arnold E., MD, Practical Comprehensive Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985.
Andersen, Arnold E., MD, Males With Eating Disorders: Eating Disorders Monograph Number 4, Brunner/Mazel, 1990.
Bennet, William, MD and Joel Gurin, The Dieter's Dilemma: Why diets are obsolete -- the new setpoint theory of weight control, Basic Books, 1982.
Boskind-White, Marlene, Ph.D. and William C. White, Jr., Ph.D., Bulimarexia: the binge/purge cycle, W. W. Norton and Company, 1987.
Bruch, Hilde, MD, Eating Disorders: obesity, anorexia nervosa, and the person within, Basic Books, 1973 (this one is a classic).
Bruch, Hilde, MD, The Golden Cage: the enigma of anorexia nervosa, Harvard University Press, 1978.
Chernin, Kim, The Hungry Self: women, eating, and identity, Harper & Row, 1985.
Chernin, Kim, The Obsession: reflections on the tyranny of slenderness, Harper & Row, 1981.
Crisp, A. H., MD, Anorexia Nervosa: let me be!, Grune and Stratton, Inc., 1980
Garfinkel, Paul E., MD and David M. Garner, Ph.D., Anorexia Nervosa: a multidimensional perspective, Brunner/Mazel Publishers, 1982 (another classic).
Glasser, William, MD, Choice Theory: a new psychology of personal freedom, Harper Collins Publishers, 1998.
Glasser, William, MD, Control Theory: a new explanation of how we control our lives, Harper & Row, 1984.
Gull, W. W., Anorexia Nervosa, Trans. Clini. Soc. (London), 7:22-28, 1874.
Hutchinson, Marcia Germaine, Ed.D., Transforming Body Image: learning to love the body you have, The Crossing Press, 1985.
Kano, Susan, Making Peace With Food, Harper & Row, 1989.
Knapp, Caroline, Appetites: Why women want, Counterpoint Publishers, 2003.
Lakoff, Robin Tolmach and Raquel L. Scherr, Face Value: the politics of beauty, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984.
Lasegue, C., On Hysterical Anorexia, Med. Times & Gaz., 2:265-266; 367-369, 1873.
Levenkron, Steven, Treating and Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982.
McFarland, Barbara, Brief Therapy and Eating Disorders: a practical guide to solution-focused work with clients, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1995.
McGraw, Phillip, Extreme Food Obsessions, "The Dr. Phil Show," CBS, November 3, 2005. (background material on Prader-Willi syndrome)
Maine, Margo, Ph.D., Father Hunger: fathers, daughters, and food, Gurze Books, 1991.
Minuchin, S. and B.L. Rosman and L. Baker, Psychosomatic Families: anorexia nervosa in context, Harvard University Press, 1978 (another classic).
Morton, R., Phthisiologica: or a treatise of consumptions, London, 1689.
Neuman, Patricia A., Ed.S. and Patricia A. Halvorson, Ph.D., Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: a handbook for counselors and therapists, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1983.
Palazzoli, Mara Selvini, Self-Starvation: from individual to family therapy in the treatment of anorexia nervosa, Jason Aronson, 1978.
Patterson, Catherine, MPH, et al, Nutrition & Eating Disorders: guidelines for the patient with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, PM, Inc., 1989.
Reiff, Dan W., RD and Kathleen Kim Lampson Reiff, Ph.D., Eating Disorders: nutrition therapy in the recovery process, Aspen Publishers, 1992.
Siegel, Michele, Ph.D., et al, Surviving an Eating Disorder: new perspectives and strategies for family and friends, Harper & Row, 1988.
Silber Psychological Services, Eating Disorders, self published, 1994.
Thompson, Ron A. and Roberta Trattner Sherman, Helping Athletes with Eating Disorders, Human Kinetics Publishers, 1993.
Vincent, L.M., MD, Competing with the Sylph: dancers and the pursuit of the ideal body form, Andrews and McMeel, Inc., 1978.
Walsh, David, Ph.D., Why Do They Act That Way? A survival guide to the adolescent brain for you and your teen, Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 2004.
Zerbe, Kathryn J., The Body Betrayed: a deeper understanding of women, eating disorders, and treatment, Gurze Books, 1995.
International Journal of Eating Disorders, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., various issues.
Drugs and Therapy Perspectives, 2000. Adis International, Ltd.

Please Note: ANRED information is not a substitute for medical or psychological evaluation and treatment. For help with the physical and emotional problems associated with eating disorders, talk to your physician and a mental health professional.

Page updated July 22, 2008

	Father Hunger: Fathers, daughters and food, by Margo Maine, Ph.D. This book details the origins of the syndrome and its effect on the family. Contains new practical solutions to help dads and daughters understand and improve their relationships.
	Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder, by James Lock, MD, Ph.D., and Daniel LeGrange, Ph.D. The practical language and research-based approach of this book make it exceptionally useful for building a united family front, especially in conjunction with professional treatment.
	If Your Adolescent Has an Eating Disorder: An essential resource for parents, by B. Timothy Walsh, MD, and V.L. Cameron. This book includes the most current information on finding treatment, types of care, understanding EDs and navigating the health care system.
	Just a Little Too Thin: How to pull your child back from the brink of an eating disorder, by Michael Strober, Ph.D., and Meg Schneider, MA, LMSW. Describes what your daughter might do and say in three distinct stages of eating behavior.
	Nourishing Your Daughter: Help your child develop a healthy relationship with food and her body, by Carol Beck. Give your daughter the tools to take responsibility for her health, appearance, and happiness.
	The Parents' Guide to Childhood Eating Disorders, by Marcia Herrin, Ed.D., and Nancy Matsumoto. Here is the first book written by a nutritionist that addresses childhood and teenage eating disorders -- with an emphasis on home-based recovery.
	Surviving an Eating Disorder: Perspectives and strategies for family and friends, by Michelle Siegel, Ph.D.; Judith Brisman, Ph.D.; and Margot Weinshel, Ph.D. Solutions and support for family and friends to help overcome feelings of confusion, helplessness and anger.
	This Mean Disease: Growing up in the shadow of my mother's anorexia, by Daniel Becker. In this beautifully written memoir, Daniel Becker shares the inner world of his mother's anorexia nervosa and its devastating effects on his family.
	When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder: A step-by-step workbook for parents and other caregivers, by Abigail Natenshon. Combining factual information, sound advice and written exercises, this workbook is for parents of preteens through college-aged children who want to participate in the recovery process.
	Why She Feels Fat: Understanding your loved one's eating disorder and how you can help, by Johanna Marie McShane and Tony Paulson. This book defines and explores eating disorders from the inside out to convey the emotional experiences and perspectives of those who have them.

	100 Questions and Answers About Eating Disorders, by Carolyn Costin, LMFT. Concise but comprehensive. Written by a therapist with over 20 years experience working with people who have eating disorders.
	All Made Up: A girl's guide to seeing through celebrity hype -- and celebrating real beauty, by Audrey Brashich. Survival tips for young women living in a culture that idolizes twiggy celebrities.
	Anorexia Nervosa: A guide to recovery, by Lindsey Hall and Monika Ostroff. Take the first steps to recovery from anorexia: staying committed and eating without fear. Also available in Spanish as Como Entender y Superar la Anorexia Nerviosa.
	The Anorexia Workbook: How to accept yourself, heal your suffering and reclaim your life, by Michelle Heffner, MA, and Georg Eifert, Ph.D. This book encourages mindfully observing difficult thoughts and feelings without reacting to them in a self-destructive way.
	The Athletic Woman's Survival Guide, by Carol Otis, M.D., and Roger Goldingay. Female athletes can put together a healthy training plan and move beyond the problem of the female athlete triad.
	Big Fat Lies: The truth about your weight and your health, by Glenn Gaesser, Ph.D. Takes on the fat phobia that permeates so much of the research about obesity and health. Here's the proof that people can be overweight and still be fit and healthy.
	Binge No More: Your guide to overcoming disordered eating, by Joyce Nash, Ph.D. Cognitive therapy techniques and coping strategies to help readers understand and overcome the differences between eating disorders and disordered eating.
	Body Image Workbook: an 8-step program for learning to like your looks, by Thomas Cash, Ph.D. Full-sized, informative workbook that offers help for improving body image.
	The Body Myth: Adult women and the pressure to be perfect, by Margo Maine, Ph.D., and Joe Kelly. This book provides healing insights and proven techniques for reclaiming your life.
	Bodylove: Learning to like our looks and ourselves, by Rita Freedman, Ph.D. A guide for women who want to become less critical of their appearance, less preoccupied with weight, and more in love with themselves -- physically, sexually and emotionally.
	Bulimia: A guide to recovery, by Lindsey Hall and Leigh Cohn, M.A.T. This best selling book includes a three-week program to stop bingeing, a guide for support groups, specific advice for loved ones. Also contains "Eat Without Fear." Available in Spanish as Como Entender y Superar la Bulimia.
	Demystifying Anorexia Nervosa: An optimistic guide to understanding and healing, by Alexander Lucas, MD. Dr. Lucas draws on 40 years of experience, mostly at the Mayo Clinic, to offer clear guidance and authoritative advice on how to overcome anorexia nervosa.
	The Don't Diet, Live-It! Workbook: Healing food, weight and body issues, by Andrea LoBue, LMFCC, and Marsea Marcus, LMFCC. This workbook is full of information, moving personal stories and insightful worksheets to help people understand and resolve their food, weight and body issues.
	Eating Disorders Today: A newsletter for recovering individuals and their loved ones. This compassionate and supportive newsletter combines helpful clinical facts and self-help advice from respected experts in the field of eating disorders.
	The Food and Feelings Workbook: A full course meal on emotional health, by Karen Koenig, LCSW. Interactive exercises that explore the link between emotions and unhealthy eating and dieting.
	The Golden Cage: The enigma of anorexia nervosa, by Hilde Bruch, M.D. A a vivid and moving account of the causes, effects and treatment of this devastating disease. Includes biographical material about Hilde Bruch, an early authority who introduced anorexia nervosa to popular culture.
	Life Without Ed: How one woman declared independence from her eating disorder & how you can too, by Jenni Schaefer with Thom Rutledge. By thinking of her eating disorder as a unique personality separate from her own, Jenni Schaefer is able to break up with Ed once and for all.
	Making Peace with Food: Freeing yourself from the diet-weight obsession, by Susan Kano. This full-sized workbook is designed to help anyone who experiences compulsive eating, yo-yo dieting, food and body anxiety or related eating disorders.
	Making Weight: Men's conflicts with food, weight, shape and appearance, by Arnold Andersen, MD; Leigh Cohn, M.A.T; and Thomas Holbrook, MD. Practical solutions for men who are suffering from anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating, excessive exercise, steroid abuse, etc.
	Over It: A teen's guide to getting beyond obsessions with food and weight, by Carol Emery Normandi and Laurelee Roark. Advice for teenagers on how to get over obsessions with food and weight and listen to the guidance of their inner wisdom (for teens, including boys).
	Overcoming Night Eating Syndrome: A step-by-step guide to breaking the cycle, by Kelly Allison and Albert Stunkard, with Sara Their. This book, the first written specifically to help people struggling with NES, offers a step-by-step strategy for managing and overcoming this problem.
	Regaining Your Self: Breaking free from the eating disorder identity, by Ira M. Sacker, MD. A method of filling the void that the eating disorder masks. Learn how to discover passionate interests rooted in your own personality and interests. First-person stories included.
	The Rules of Normal Eating: A common sense approach for dieters, overeaters, undereaters, emotional eaters and everyone in between, by Karen Koenig, LICSW, M.Ed. Filled with humor, compassion, and practical wisdom, this little rulebook has a wealth of big ideas for all types of eaters.
	When Food Is Love: Exploring the relationship between eating and intimacy, by Geneen Roth. An elegant portrayal of the relationship between eating and intimacy.

	The Art of the Inner Meal: The power of mindful practices to heal our food cravings, by Barbara Ganim. Award-winning writer and former monk shows you how to overcome food struggles without dieting.
	Desperately Seeking Self: An inner guidebook for people with eating problems, by Viola Fodor. A Christian workbook. Presented in an appealing gift book format, the intimate dialogue encourages readers to open their hearts and minds to explore.
	Divining The Body: Reclaim the holiness of your physical self, by Jan Phillips. Discover an entirely new way of looking at the body-as a pathway to the Divine.
	Eating in the Light of the Moon: How women can transform their relationships with food through myths, metaphors and storytelling, by Anita Johnston, Ph.D. Multicultural folk tales and stories illustrate important steps on the journey to recovery.
	Seeing Yourself in God's Image: Overcoming anorexia and bulimia: Group member's guide, by Martha Homme, MA. A Christian workbook. This workbook is intended for use by organized groups, but will be helpful for individuals on their own. Facilitator's guide also available for use in groups.
	What Are You Hungry For?: Women, food and spirituality , by Lynn Ginsburg and Mary Taylor. Using simple, powerful methods adapted from Eastern practices this is a gentle reminder that eating disorders are often symptoms of a deep spiritual void.

	A Starving Madness: Tales of hunger, hope, and healing in psychotherapy, by Judith Ruskay Rabinor, Ph.D. Stories have the power to change lives. Based on actual clients of a psychologist who specializes in eating and body image disorders.
	Andrea's Voice: Silenced by bulimia, by Doris Smeltzer, her mother, with Andrea Lynn Smeltzer. After a one-year struggle with bulimia, Andrea Smeltzer died in her sleep at the age of 19, catapulting her mother, Doris, into a journey of self-discovery.
	Appetites: Why women want, by Caroline Knapp. Insight into the search for healing, love, intimacy, pleasure and genuine fulfillment. The current ANRED number one recommendation
	Gaining: the truth about life after eating disorders, by Aimee Liu. The first book to explain in easily understandable language why some people are vulnerable to eating disorders and relapse and others are not. Also why intensive treatment is necessary for recovery. Ms. Liu's focus is on genetics, heredity, and inborn temperament.

	The Body Betrayed: A deeper understanding of women, eating disorders, and treatment, by Kathryn J. Zerbe, M.D. Dr. Zerbe, a feminist psychiatrist, interlaces intelligent discussion with stories about individuals who have valiantly engaged in recovery.
	Body Image: A handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice, by Thomas F. Cash, Ph.D., and Thomas Pruzinsky, Ph.D. Chapters delve into cultural issues, dysfunctions and disorders a medical context, and psychosocial interventions of body image.
	Brief Therapy and Eating Disorders: A practical guide to solution-focused work with clients, by Barbara McFarland, Ph.D. Solution-focused brief therapy is one of the more efficient approaches in treating eating disorders.
	Counselling for Eating Disorders in Men: Person-centred dialogues, by Richard Bryant-Jefferies. This professional book aims to demonstrate the counselor's application of the person-centered approach (PCA) in working with men.
	Cutting: Understanding and overcoming self-mutilation, by Steven Levenkron, Ph.D. Written for self-mutilators, parents, friends and therapists, this book explains why the disorder manifests as self-harming behaviors.
	Eating Disorders: A guide to medical care and complications, by Philip Mehlet, MD, and Arnold Andersen, MD. This is a hands-on, user friendly and comprehensive guide for primary care physicians and mental health professionals.
	Eating Disorders: Time for change, by Mona Villapiano and Laura Goodman. Workbook for both therapist and client that uses the Stages of Change model. Can be used with Eating Disorders: The journey to recovery, a companion workbook for clients to use between sessions.
	EDNOS: Eating disorders Not otherwise specified: Scientific and clinical perspectives on the other eating disorders, edited by Claes Norring and Bob Palmer. This professional book covers all eating disorders that do not fall into either of the two main diagnostic groups.
	Handbook of Treatment for Eating Disorders, by David Garner, Ph.D., and Paul Garfinkel, MD, 1997 revision. The main approaches to treatment are covered in sufficient detail to give clinicians a step-by-step blueprint for the conduct of therapy. This one is a classic.
	Healthy Body Image: Teaching kids to eat and love their bodies too! by Kathy J. Kater. Lesson plans for grades 4-6 with a curriculum that emphasizes appreciating inner strength rather than appearance and preventing body dissatisfaction. A prevention curriculum for grades 4-6.
	Integrated Treatment of Eating Disorders, by Kathryn J Zerbe. In this comprehensive book, Kathryn Zerbe, author of the landmark The Body Betrayed, addresses how to apply the insights from new research.
	Nutrition Counseling in the Treatment of Eating Disorders, by Marcia Herrin, Ed.D., RD. Herrin details relevant nutritional and biological fact, assessment, counseling techniques and prescription of a food plan.
	RSVP: Respect Self Value People: Middle school student lesson and activity guide, by Tamara Pryor, Ph.D., and Jana Konek. Provides middle school students (ages 11 to 14) with guidelines and activities for developing positive interpersonal and social skills.
	Working with Groups to Explore Food and Body Connections, edited by Sandy Stewart Christian, MSW. Here are 36 step-by-step instructions for group activities specific to eating issues, body image, size acceptance, and self-care.