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Resources & Useful Links
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Grant and Research News
A Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) of Three Treatments for Anorexia Nervosa in Adults
ANZAED Member Dr. Sue Byrne, Associate Professor at UWA and Research Consultant at the Centre for Clinical Interventions, has been awarded an NHMRC Project Grant of $584,125 to evaluate three promising new treatments for anorexia nervosa (AN) in adults. Her co-investigators are Australia’s leading researchers/clinicians in the field of eating disorders (Professor Tracey Wade in Adelaide, and Professors Phillipa Hay and Stephen Touyz in Sydney), and other CIs include Professors Christopher Fairburn, Janet Treasure and Ulrike Schmidt from the UK and Dr Virginia McIntosh from New Zealand. Associate investigators include Dr Ross Crosby (from the US) and Dr. Anthea Fursland (from CCI in Perth).
This Australian multi-centre RCT will be the first of its type in the world. The first treatment is the newly devised Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT-E), which was formulated from the transdiagnostic theory for eating disorders (Fairburn, Cooper & Shafran, 2003). The second treatment is the Maudsley Cognitive Motivational Therapy (MCMT; Schmidt & Treasure, 2006), which was designed specifically to treat AN and was formulated from the cognitive-interpersonal maintenance model. The third treatment is non-specific supportive clinical management (SCM; McIntosh et al., 2005), which represents a combination of clinical management and supportive psychotherapy. Over 200 patients will be recruited into the trial. All three treatments will be conducted over a 10 month period, and at the end of treatment patients will be followed-up for one year. The benefits of this research will be significant in informing treatments for AN that are efficacious, theoretically-driven and highly acceptable to patients.
Paving the Way for Effective Public Health Interventions for Bulimic Eating Disorders: Understanding Stigma and Mental Health Literacy
Former ANZAED President Professor Susan Paxton (La Trobe), along with Associate Professor Jonathon Mond (UWS), Professor Phillipa Hay (UWS) and Professor Bryan Rodgers (ANU) have received an ARC grant of $214,000 over three years for their research project on public health interventions for Bulimia Nervosa.
This research contributes to promoting and maintaining good health. The burden of bulimic eating disorders in the community is high, frequently ignored and increasing. Our research will pave the way for improved understanding of eating disorders and a reduction of stigma in relation to these problems. In so doing, it will lead to reduced shame and suffering for people with eating disorders and enhance appropriate treatment seeking and the quality of advice received from family, friends and health professionals. A public health intervention based on our findings will contribute to a more tolerant and understanding community.
Taking a LEAP Forward in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Former ANZAED Present Professor Phillipa Hay, along with former ANZAED Executive Member Professor Stephen Touyz, ANZAED Treasurer Dr Sloane Madden, Dr Caroline Meyer, Dr John Arcelus, Dr Ross Crosby and Professor Kathleen Pike have received a $557,100 grant for their research into treatment for Anorexia Nervosa.
The aim of this study is to determine the efficacy of a novel therapy in the treatment for anorexia nervosa (AN), namely the Loughborough Eating disorders Activity theraPy. LEAP is an innovative therapy that addresses the role of extreme exercise in the maintenance of AN using cognitive techniques and behavioural experiments and is fully integrated with an established manualised cognitive behavioural therapy (mCBT) for AN. The two-site (Sydney and Leciester) double-blind randomised controlled trial will test the efficacy of LEAP enhanced mCBT compared to mCBT alone in individual therapy.
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Research Projects
ANZAED now offers it's members the opportunity to publish research projects on the website. This service is available exclusively as a member benefit. For more information on becoming a member of ANZAED, please click here. Advertisements for research projects will be listed for a maximum period of 12 months and are subject to approval by the ANZAED Executive Committee. In addition, research projects will be distributed via the ANZAED Discussion Board listserv and published in the quarterly member-only newsletter.
Guidelines for submitting your research project are as follows:
- A copy of approval by an institutional research ethics committee to be provided
- A declaration stating all sponsorship or funding to be provided
- ANZAED membership compulsory
- Research projects will feature on the listserv and in the newsletter once only
To submit your listing please email a description of your research project, as well as the required documentation to Jo Macreadie by email at jo.macreadie@eatingdisorders.org.au
Resources/Books on the ANZAED Website
ANZAED members now have the opportunity to list resources, such as books and publications, which they have authored on the ANZAED website and discussion board as a means of promoting and sharing information within the field.
Guidelines for submitting your resource for publication through ANZAED are as follows:
- Subject to approval by ANZAED Executive committee - a full copy of the resource must be submitted
- Approval conducted on a case by case basis
- Publication on the ANZAED website does not infer ANZAED endorsement and a disclaimer stating this will appear on the website
- ANZAED membership compulsory
- Resources will be reviewed no longer than five years apart
To submit your resource for approval by the ANZAED Executive please submit your paper, book or publication to Jo Macreadie by email at jo.macreadie@eatingdisorders.org.au
Web-based Resources
**NEW**
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Anorexia Nervosa Guidelines
The Australian versions of RANZCP's Consumer and Carer Clinical Practice Guidelines for Anorexia Nervosa have recently been updated and reprinted to ensure continued supply of this valued resource. These booklets are provided free of charge and are a valuable resource to support consumers, their carers, families and friends in learning more about mental illness and the treatments that are available.
Click here to download a copy of the RANZCP Australian Treatment Guide for Consumers and Carers .
Click here to download a copy of the RANZCP New Zealand Treatment Guide for Consumers and Carers .
Mental Health First Aid Guidelines for Eating Disorders
A 5-page document outlining first aid guidelines for eating disorders has been released through the Orygen Youth Health Research Centre at the University of Melbourne. The guidelines were compiled by a panel of mental health experts from Australia, NZ, Canada, the UK and the USA, and include information on warning signs and risks of eating disorders; approaching and supporting someone with an eating disorder; and information on seeking emergency medical help.
To view the guidelines from the Mental Health First Aid website, please click here and scroll down to the Eating Disorders link.
Smart Eating Programme
Professor Janice Russell and Sau Fong Leung are currently conducting a study on an internet-based self-help programme that they have developed for people with eating disorders in the Asia-Pacific region. This self-help programme has been launched in both Sydney and Hong Kong for about 2 years. The programme is called “Smart Eating” which aims to promote healthy eating, address the needs of families with eating disorders, provide health assessment, enhance motivation in self-help, offer self-help strategies and improve the psychological health of people with eating disorders. The programme can be accessed from the website address http://www.smart-eating.com.
The self-help programme is free and it can be used as an adjunct to clinical work.
The “Smart Eating” programme is a useful resource for eating disordered clients to learn how to overcome their eating problems. The family member of a user can also register as a family user to know more about eating disorders and support the user to use the programme. Individuals can also register as users if they do not want to use the self-help programme but are interested in completing the health assessment questionnaires regularly to monitor their health condition at baseline, and at 1-month, 3-month, and 6-month follow-up. The questionnaires can generate automatic feedback for individuals on their health condition and eating disorders.
The self-help strategies in the programme aim to help the users restore weight, normalize eating patterns, manage dieting, bingeing and purging behaviours, challenge negative automatic thoughts and thinking errors, develop problem-solving ability, and prevent relapse. The component on psychological health promotion introduces strategies to cope with stress, body image alteration, low self-esteem, depression and anxiety.
Please contact Fong at hsfong@inet.polyu.edu.hk for more information.
The Centre for Clinical Interventions (CCI) in WA is pleased to announce the availability of online Eating Disorders resources. The new resources include handouts and worksheets for clinicians, and two information packs for consumers:
Overcoming Disordered Eating - Part A : This information package is designed to provide information about disordered eating - how it develops, how it is maintained, and strategies to start to change the problem behaviours associated with disordered eating and weight control habits. This information package is organised into modules that are designed to be worked through in sequence. Each module contains information, worksheets, and suggested exercises or activities.
Overcoming Disordered Eating - Part B : This second information package follows on the Overcoming Disordered Eating - Part A, and provides some strategies and techniques to change the thinking patterns associated with disordered eating.
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Useful Resources - Australia
If you think you have an eating problem or want further information, the following resources may be valuable to you.
Victoria
The Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria Inc (EDV)
www.eatingdisorders.org.au
Email: help@eatingdisorders.org.au
Email (general/media): edfv@eatingdisorders.org.au
Eating Disorders Helpline: 1300 550 236
Tel (general/media): (03) 9885 6563
The Centre of Excellence in Eating Disorders (CEED)
www.ceed.org.au
Email: ceed@mh.org.au
Tel (general): (03) 8387 2669
Tel (consultation service): (03) 8387 2673
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ACT
Eating Disorders Foundation of ACT (EDFACT)
Tel: (02) 6166 1679
Eating Disorders Program
Tel: (02) 6205 1519
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New South Wales
The Butterfly Foundation
www.thebutterflyfoundation.org.au
Tel (03) 9822 5771
The Eating Disorders Foundation
www.edf.org.au
Email: edf@edf.org.au
Tel: (02) 9412 4499
Centre for Eating & Dieting Disorders (CEDD)
www.cedd.org.au
Email: info@cedd.org.au
Tel: (02) 9515 5843
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Northern Territory
Top End Association for Mental Health
www.teamhealth.asn.au
Tel: (08) 8981 4128
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Queensland
Eating Disorders Association Inc
www.eda.org.au
Email: admin@eda.org.au
Tel: (07) 3394 3661
ISIS – Centre for Women’s Action on Eating Issues
www.isis.org.au
Tel: (07) 3848 3377
Email: women@isis.org.au
Eating Disorders Outreach Service (EDOS)
Tel: (07) 3636 5241
Gold Coast Eating Disorders Support
www.goldcoasteatingdisorders.com.au
Email: gceds@onthenet.com.au
Tel: (07) 55 938 356
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South Australia
Eating Disorders Association of South Australia Inc
www.edasa.org.au
Email (general): information@edasa.org.au
Email (support): support@edasa.org.au
Tel: (08) 8237 4011
Tasmania
Community Nutrition Unit - Eating Disorders Website
www.tas.eatingdisorders.org.au
Email: community.nutrition@dhhs.tas.gov.au
Tel: (03) 6222 7222 Fax: (03) 6222 7252
Support group for family and friends of people with an eating disorder
Tel: (03) 6225 2948 or (03) 6222 8188
Tasmanian Eating Disorder Information Line
Tel: 1800 675 028
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Western Australia
Bridges Association Inc
www.bridges.net.au
Email: info@bridges.net.au
Centre for Clinical Interventions
www.cci.health.wa.gov.au
Tel: (08) 9227 4399
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National
Beyond Blue - the National Depression Initiative
www.beyondblue.org.au
Information Line: 1300 22 46 36
Eating Disorders Australian National Coalition
www.edann.org
Bulimia Help
www.bulimiahelp.org
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Useful Resources - New Zealand
In New Zealand, people with an eating disorder generally initially receive treatment within a primary care or general mental health setting. If the eating disorder is severe, input from a specialist service may be offered. New Zealand has three specialist eating disorder services, covering the South Island and Northern and Central regions. These services vary in the level of care and support they offer. The Midland region has no central regional specialist service but a network of designated specialist clinicians embedded in local services is being developed.
As a result from a government project to develop and coordinate a national framework for provision of eating disorder services the Ministry of Health has made a commitment to provide $26 million of funding over the next 4 years to improve the provision of eating disorder treatment within New Zealand. This will include the development of a residential treatment facility in Auckland.
North Island
Auckland Eating Disorders Service
Regional Tertiary Eating Disorders Service
Greenlane Clinical Centre
Level 2, Bldg 14,
Private Bag 92189
Auckland
Phone: +64-9-623 4650
Fax: +64-9-623 4656
(Referrals only from GPs and CMHCs)
Eating Difficulties Education Network (EDEN)
1 Garnet Road, Westmere,
P O Box 78005,
Auckland 1245
Phone: +64-9-378 9039
Email: info@eden.org.nz
Website: www.eden.org..nz
(Resource Centre, support,, referral services, education, advodacy)
Eating Disorders Association of New Zealand (EDANZ)
Phone: +64-9-522 2679
Email: info@ed.org.nz
Website: www.ed.org.nz
(Support group run by parents of Eating Disorders sufferers)
Wellington Eating Disorders Service
Private Bag 31-907,
High Street, Lower Hutt
Wellington
Phone: +64-4 461 6528
South Island
South Island Eating Disorders Service
Princess Margaret Hospital
Cashmere Road,
Private Bag 4710
Christchurch
Phone: +64-3 337 7707
Fax: +64-3 337 7789
Ashburn Clinic
Private Bag 1916
Dunedin
Phone: +64-3 476 2029
Fax: +64-3 476 4255
(NB: The Ashburn Clinic in Dunedin is the only private inpatient facility within New Zealand that accepts patients with eating disorders).
The Eating Awareness Team
P O Box 4520
Cnr Armagh & Montral Street
Christchurch
Phone: +64-3 366 7725
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Do You Have an Eating Disorder?
The quick questionnaire below, the SCOFF, might give you some idea if you have an eating problem. If you think you have an eating disorder we highly recommend you seek help as there are now very successful treatments for many eating problems.
Score 1 point for every “yes”.
*S* - Do you make yourself *S*ick because you feel uncomfortably full?
*C* - Do you worry you have lost *C*ontrol over how much you have eaten?
*O* - Have you recently lost more than 6.35 Kil*O*grams (*O*ne Stone) in a 3 month period?
*F* - Do you believe yourself to be *F*at when others say you are too thin?
*F* - Would you say *F*ood dominates your life?
Checking 2 or more boxes suggests you may have an eating problem and you may benefit from seeking help (Morgan et al 1999).
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