Eating Disorders or Having Your Baby

Eating Disorders: Journey to Recovery Workbook

Author: Mona Villapiano

Two seasoned clinicians with years of experience in the treatment of eating disorders offer this practical tool and adjunct to one-on-one and group therapy. In a readable style, the authors take the reader on a journey toward better mental and physical health, as well as provide an important understanding of eating disorders.

This workbook encourages self-paced learning and practice. The authors guide the reader through a greater consideration of body image, compulsive exercising, and personal and societal relationships. The workbook also explores complicated issues having a direct effect on the eating disorder, including trauma, depression, abuse, and the media.

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Reviewer: Jennifer J Halvorson, MS, RD (Chicago Center for Clinical Research)
Description: This is a self-paced workbook targeted for those with eating disorders to help them take an active role in their treatment process. The workbook can be used alone or in conjunction with counseling.
Purpose: The purpose is to offer a person with an eating disorder a way to further explore his or her relationship with food. The educational material and the thought-provoking exercises provide a means for analyzing current eating behaviors and offers guidance on making behavior changes. This is an important contribution to this field, and the authors clearly meet their objectives.
Audience: This well designed workbook is geared for eating disorder sufferers who desire additional self-help therapy; however, mental health professionals will find the exercises helpful to compliment therapy discussions. The authors, who have extensive experience in this field, provide a credible knowledge base for this book.
Features: The workbook offers easy to understand educational material on major issues affecting those with eating disorders. Following the educational topics are insightful exercises that help explore these issues on a personal level. In addition, the book is filled with personal stories from recovered eating disorder clients who share their painful struggles in the uphill battle to recovery. The resources and references at the end of the workbook, which include useful Internet sites, offer the reader other avenues to seek information.
Assessment: This is a very useful workbook for those with eating disorders and for mental health professionals to use in conjunction with counseling. It is a valuable resource that provides an opportunity for a client to explore personal issues and offers useful tools to be used in a self-paced fashion.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

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Having Your Baby: A Guide for African American Women

Author: Hilda Hutcherson

In this reassuring book, Dr. Hilda Hutcherson, an esteemed Ob-Gyn and Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia University, shares all the medical information and emotional support you'll need during this exhilarating and sometimes anxious time. As an African American woman, you face unique challenges during pregnancy. From planning your pregnancy to caring for your newborn, Dr. Hutcherson provides comforting wisdom from her experience as a doctor and a mother of four, addressing all the issues, concerns, and questions you'll have about pregnancy and childbirth.

Library Journal

After practicing obstetrics for many years and giving birth to four children, Harvard Medical graduate Hutcherson recognized the need for a childbirth resource that articulated the social concerns of African American women. Although this clearly written self-help guide contains advice on conception, pregnancy, and delivery that can be found in other resources, its unique features make it a stand-out in birthing literature. Hutcherson offers expectant mothers everything from essential information about diseases like sickle cell anemia and lupus to historical highlights that provide a positive birth image and outlook for black women. Aiming "to combat the high incidence of small, sick, and premature black babies," Hucherson has produced a first-of-its-kind childbirth reference tool that meets the needs of a population traditionally denied equal access to prenatal care. An excellent companion to The Black Women's Health Book (LJ 4/15/90); highly recommended. [This July, Dutton will publish Mama's Little Baby: The Black Woman's Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby's First Year.Ed.]Rebecca Cress-Ingebo, Fordham Health Sciences Lib., Wright State Univ., Dayton, Ohio

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Ch. 1	Before You Conceive: Preparing for Pregnancy Emotionally, Financially, Physically, and Medically	1
Ch. 2	Now That You've Conceived: Taking Care Through Your Pregnancy	21
Ch. 3	The First Trimester: Your Growing Baby, Your Changing Body, Your Emotions	63
Ch. 4	The Second Trimester: Your Growing Baby, Your Changing Body, Your Emotions	84
Ch. 5	The Third Trimester: Your Growing Baby, Your Changing Body, Your Emotions	100
Ch. 6	Eating Right During Pregnancy	123
Ch. 7	The Benefits of Exercise	146
Ch. 8	Talking About Sex	161
Ch. 9	How Pregnancy Affects Your Daily Routine	175
Ch. 10	Special Care Pregnancy: Medical Conditions, Age-Related Difficulties, and Multiple Births	200
Ch. 11	When Something Goes Wrong: How to Recognize Complications	241
Ch. 12	Having Your Baby: What to Expect During Labor and Delivery	275
Ch. 13	All About Breast Feeding	322
Ch. 14	The Basics of Newborn Care	345
Ch. 15	Your Body, Your Emotions After the Baby	372
App. A	Your Pregnancy Diary	389
App. B	Recommended Weight Gain Time Table	397
	Recommended Reading	399
	Index	401