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Working with Parents, Partners and Other Carers

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‘Tough love? The hardest challenge is how to hold on to a healthy balance so that it is both tough enough and loving enough.’

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Jan McDonald

is the mother of someone who has suffered from anorexia nervosa. As a committee member of SEDIG, she has organised, chaired and presented at eating disorders conferences, particularly those hosted for carers.

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    Jan McDonald

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    Alastair McKinlay

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McDonald, J. (2018). Working with Parents, Partners and Other Carers. In: Morris, J., McKinlay, A. (eds) Multidisciplinary Management of Eating Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64131-7_6

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