Welcome to the Australian and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED) Website

Welcome to ANZAED! The Academy is a young and active multidisciplinary organisation that aims to represent and support the activities of all professionals working in the field of eating disorders and related issues. We are aware of the large number of complex issues there are to address at social, community and individual levels. Frequently, this is intellectually and emotionally challenging and being aware of the range of treatment options, clinical trends, current social and political climate, recent research findings and needs of patients and carers can be essential. We aim to provide opportunities for members' collegial interaction and sharing of knowledge and resources that can help you. ANZAED also has an important role as a bi-national organisation to work for improved services and care, further research and understanding in the area of Eating Disorders, and work co-operatively and in partnership with similar bodies internationally, notably our 'sister' organisation the international Academy of Eating Disorders (AED).
We hope you will join us!

We have a number of means to achieve our goals. 

• ANZAED has an email Discussion Board that facilitates immediate communication of questions and ideas between our members on any relevant topic you wish. Click here to be view instructions for the discussion board.
• ANZAED offers clinician and young investigator scholarships that pay for conference and/or relevant workshop registrations and provides towards conference costs. One is the Peter Beumont ANZAED Young Investigator Prize and the other is the Paul Foulkes ANZAED Clinician Scholarship.
• ANZAED's 2009 conference will be held in Brisbane.
• ANZAED also regularly hold workshops to assist clinicians upgrade skills around Australia.
• ANZAED aims to be inclusive and open to the input of our members. We look forward to you becoming a member and contributing to our activities.

Professor Phillipa Hay
President

The objectives are:

• Communication of information regarding all aspects of eating disorders to Academy members and other professional. This is to occur both by email and through meetings.
• Develop a collegial culture of fellowship (Koinonia) through the sharing and discussion of experience, knowledge and ideas.
• Encourage contributions by all disciplines and respect for different theories and modalities of treatment.
• Aid in the development of a greater amount of research of all types in the field.
• Promote a better understanding of patients with eating disorders, and of their management by all professionals.
• Create a more helpful liaison and sharing of ideas with patient and carer groups, in a spirit of cooperative partnership.
• Advocate for adequate resources for the research and treatment of patients with eating disorders.
• Further the development of guidelines for adequate training in the management of eating disorders in all professions.

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All Correspondence to:

ANZAED c/o Eating Disorders Victoria 

1513 High Street, GLEN IRIS, VIC 3146

Fax: (03) 9885 1153

Email: info@anzaed.org.au

ABN: 14437876265

Hot off the press

We have just added some exciting news.

The 2009 Conference of the Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders will be held in Brisbane, QLD on the 28th and 29th of August, with a Clinical Training Day on Thursday 27th August.

ANZAED is offering two scholarship opportunities to the Conference.

For more information on the Conference including keynote speakers, abstract submissions and scholarship opportunities please visit the Conferences page.

REGISTER ONLINE:
Conference registrations are offered online for the first time in 2009. To register online please visit Registrations

ANZAED now provides the option of group membership,  which allows organisations and groups of five or more people a discounted rate of membership, with full access to ANZAED member benefits. For more information please click here.

In addition to group membership, ANZAED has also launched a new advertising service to members and non-members who wish to post job vacancies in the field of eating disorders. The service is free of charge to ANZAED members, while non-members incur a fee of $110 per job advertisement. For more information, please contact Amanda Ridd at amanda.ridd@eatingdisorders.org.au.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

ANZAED members have the opportunity to advertise job openings within their organisation on the ANZAED website and discussion board.
For more information, contact Amanda Ridd by email amanda.ridd@eatingdisorders.org.au

2009 PAUL FOULKES CLINICIAN SCHOLARSHIP

Applications are now open to ANZAED members who are clinicians working in the field who can demonstrate their attendance at the 2009 ANZAED Conference will be advantageous to their work.

For further details please view our Conferences page.

2009 ANZAED/PETER BEUMONT YOUNG INVESTIGATOR SCHOLARSHIP

Applications are now open to ANZAED members from a germane discipline who have an oral paper accepted at the 2009 ANZAED Conference. A selection committee will decide upon the best oral paper submitted.

For further details please view our Conferences page.

2009/10 MEMBERSHIP

Become a member now. Full membership fee is $110, while full time students pay only $27.50 (inc GST).

AED members receive a 5% discount on ANZAED membership.

Click below to download application forms:

Individual Membership Form

Group Membership Form

See ANZAED President Professor Phillipa Hay's presentation “Evidence into Practice: An impossible dream?” by going to: www.cedd.org.au

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Free Outpatient Treatment for Longstanding Anorexia Nervosa (30 sessions)

The Universities of Sydney, London and Chicago are conducting a treatment program for females over 18 who have had anorexia for over 7 years (even if there have been periods of recovery).  It aims to determine which of two currently avaliable psychological treatments have the best outcome for people with longstanding anorexia nervosa.  {Click here for information flyer} 

If you would like more information about the program please contact Rebecca Smith (Project Coordinator) at the University of Sydney on      (02)9351-7329      or
email: rebeccas@psych.usyd.edu.au

Webcast of Dr. Debbie Franko presenting on  Eating Disorders: What can we learn from longitudinal data? and Decreasing risk factors for eating disorders 6th June 2008 on behalf of CEED, ANZAED and EDF.  Click on the links above to be taken to that webcast.

"Position Papers" While many patients with an eating disorder can be treated effectively as outpatients, ANZAED takes the position that there is a continued need for specialist inpatient services for those with severe illness.......
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