Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- I. Getting Started: First Steps Toward Helping Your Child with an Eating Disorder -- 1. Act Now -- 2. Get Together -- 3. Don't Waste Time on "Why?" -- II. Understanding Eating Disorders -- 4. Know What You're Dealing With: The Complexity of Eating Disorders -- 5. Get into Your Child's Head: The Distorted Thinking Behind Your Teenager's Behavior -- 6. Understand Your Options: What the Research Says about the Best Ways to Treat Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge-Eating Disorder, and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder -- III. Making Treatment Work: How to Solve Everyday Problems to Help Your Child Recover -- 7. Taking Charge of Change: How to Apply Family-Based Treatment to Help with Eating Disorders -- 8. Playing a Supporting Role: Other Ways You Can Be a Part of Your Child's Recovery -- 9. Harnessing the Power of Unity: How to Stay on the Same Page in Your Fight against Eating Disorders -- 10. Staying Empowered and Informed: How to Work with Professionals Who Are Trying to Help Your Child -- Resources -- Further Reading -- Index -- About the Authors.