Table of Contents
Foreword Ingrid Middleton, LCSW, MSW, MS 21
Introduction: The Life Stealer 25
Chapter 1 Bring the Paddles. I'm in Shock 33
Chapter 2 An Ocean Apart Makes for an Insidious Start 39
Chapter 3 Inside Those Walls 49
Chapter 4 Takeoff into Uncharted Territory 65
Chapter 5 Malnourishment Alters Brain Chemistry 83
Chapter 6 Our New Normal 93
Chapter 7 Terrorist Joey 103
Chapter 8 A Bloody Reality 109
Chapter 9 Therapeutic Paws 117
Chapter 10 Tough Love is, Well…Tough! 129
Chapter 11 The New "F" Word 145
Chapter 12 Losing Logic 159
Chapter 13 The Tide Shifts 169
Chapter 14 What is Maudsley? 179
Chapter 15 In the Zone 185
Chapter 16 Something Not Quite Human 197
Chapter 17 Undercurrent of Pain 207
Chapter 18 Weightless in Water 215
Chapter 19 When the Healers Wound 225
Chapter 20 Hope after Firing the Help 243
Chapter 21 Let's Cut the Turkey 249
Chapter 22 The Higher Year 257
Chapter 23 The Hijacker Gets Ejected 267
Chapter 24 A Dangerous Concoction 273
Chapter 25 A Second Kind of Delivery…Deliverance 293
Chapter 26 The Valley of the Shadow of Death-is Behind Us 301
A Final Note: Healing Your Child's Hijacked Mind 309
Epilogue: Brother in His Own Words 313
Ten Clues an Eating Disorder Has Hijacked Your Child's Brain 319
Ten Ways to Help Your Child Overcome The Eating Disorder 323
Terrorizing Thoughts 327
Recommended Reading/Resources 331
References 335
About the Author 339
