ABSTRACT
Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is a complex, multi-faceted condition, which can vary in its main features across different people. There is no one tried and tested treatment approach. It is too soon to be able to set out with any degree of certainty what parents and carers should do. What the book has set out to do is to engage in an honest, open conversation with about the current state of knowledge about ARFID, to provide with some ways of structuring the own assessment of different aspects of the child’s eating difficulty, and to equip with some pointers and ideas that might prove helpful in their own situation. It represents an attempt to address common questions and concerns raised by parents or carers grappling with ARFID in their child, through sharing some of the experiences of many families seen through the lens of clinical encounters.
