Next Eating Disorder Breakfast meeting
- Friday October 10, 8-10am; RPA Hospital. Program & location tba
- Note: the Friday 4 July, 8-10am; Panel Hypothetical breakfast meeting will not be available on webcast due to technical difficulties.
Eating Disorders: A Holistic Approach webcast,
courtesy Rural Health Education Foundation www.rhef.com.au
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Dr Norman Swan Chairs a panel comprising:-
- Assoc Prof Jenny O’Dea, Dietitian and researcher, University of Sydney,
- Ms Natalie Wild Recovery Officer, EDF-Victoria
- Ms Gayelene Clews, Educational and sports psychologist, ACT
- Dr Jane Reffell, GP, Bangalow
Rick Kausman "If Not Dietting" Training
- Newcastle: December 1 & 2. See Flyer
This training program assists Health Professionals to help patients achieve and maintain a healthy weight, drawing from research in the field of weight management and eating behaviour, and incorporates Rick’s 20 years of practical and unique experience in this field as well as input from other members of the ‘If not dieting’ team.
Bodythink Training
- Friday 26 September, Y Hotel, - See Flyer & Brochure
This training is for primary and secondary school teachers, youth workers and health and community professionals in the use of “BodyThink” - an internationally acclaimed program designed to assist young people improve their body image, self esteem and media literacy. “BodyThink” is best suited for use with young eople aged 11-15 years.
Maudsley Training
Following the workshop by Dr Daniel le Grange at Sydney Childrens Hospital on 26/5/08, CEDD is facilitating further education about Maudsley Family Based Treatments in 2008. To register your interest, please CLICK HERE.
Eating Disorder Foundation's Creative Arts Programs.
A number of creative arts/support workshops are being run at the EDF office, Artarmon. See Support for Sufferers, Families and Carers on this site or email edf@edf.org.au for further info.
Free Treatment for OCD
The Anxiety Disorders Clinic, University of Sydney, Cumberland Campus, is studying the effectiveness of non-pharmacological approaches for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Places available in a 14-week treatment program. Contact Miss Lisa Vaccaro: (02) 9351 9426 or e:lvac7605@usyd.edu.au. CLICK HERE for flyer
Latest Eating Disorders in the News
Book looks at what's happening to Australia's girls
Subtitled Too Much Too Soon, this book looks at how a whole future generation of women is being "overstimulated, oversold and oversexed"... The book also explores issues such as cutting, eating disorders, promiscuity and suicide.
The Age - 30/6/08
Aussie values 'feed body image pathology'
YOUNG Australians are seven times more likely to suffer extreme and obsessive body image problems than young people in Asian countries, research shows. The Australia - 25 June 2008
Real life imitates art as beauty turns to beast
"Artists are the antennae of the race,” Ezra Pound once said,...but today that dynamic has been reversed. Instead the continual display of perfect bodies on television and movie screens has contributed not only to an epidemic of eating disorders, but also to spiritual disorders. The West Australian - 14/6/08
Updated 6/7/08.
