Beat (the Eating Disorders Association):
www.b-eat.co.uk/Home
Helpline: 08456 341414; help@b-eat.co.uk
Youthline (for under-18s): 08456 347650; fyp@b-eat.co.uk; TXT: 07786 201820
ChildLine (24 hours – free and confidential): 0800 1111; www.childline.org.uk.
Confidential one-to-one online chat with a ChildLine counsellor and private email are available via the website.
Anorexia: A Stranger in the Family by Katie Metcalfe (Accent Press, 2006)
Anorexia and Bulimia in the Family: One Parent’s Practical Guide to Recovery by Gráinne Smith (Wiley Blackwell, 2003)
Anorexia Nervosa: A Survival Guide for Families, Friends and Sufferers by Janet Treasure (Psychology Press, 1997)
Eating Disorders: A Parents’ Guide by Rachel Bryant-Waugh and Bryan Lask (Routledge, 2004)
Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa by Christopher Freeman (Robinson, 2009)
Overcoming Bulimia Nervosa and Binge-Eating by Peter Cooper (Robinson, 2009)
A New Approach to Life’s Challenges
Develop your feelings of compassion and increase your sense of well-being.
In societies that encourage us to compete with each other, compassion is often seen as a weakness. Striving to get ahead, self-criticism, fear and hostility towards others seem to come more naturally to us. The Compassionate Mind reveals the evolutionary and social reasons why our brains react so readily to threats and how research has shown that our brains are also hardwired to respond to kindness and compassion.
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