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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

• Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria
• Victorian Centre of Excellence in Eating Disorders
• The Butterfly Foundation

New South Wales

• The Centre for Eating and Dieting Disorders
• The Eating Disorders Foundation

Queensland

• Eating Disorders Association– Queensland
• Women’s Health Queensland Wide

Western Australia

• Bridges Association Incorporated

South Australia

• Eating Disorders Association of South Australia

Tasmania

ACT and Northern Territory

• Association for Mental Health of the Northern Territory
  Ph: (08) 8981 4128

National

• Beyoundblue– the National Depression Initiative

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Useful Resources - New Zealand
In New Zealand, people with an eating disorder generally 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 specialist service. Results from a government project to develop and coordinate a national framework for provision of eating disorder services are still awaited. 

North Island

• Auckland Eating Disorders Service
   13 Maidstone Street
   Ponsonby
   Auckland
   Phone:  +64-9 376 0656
   Fax:      +64-9 376 6031

• Wellington Eating Disorders Service
   P O Box 13807
   Johnsonville
   Wellington
   Phone:  +64-4 478 6674
   Fax:      +64-4 477 4160

• Eating Difficulties Education Network
  PO Box 38-233
  Howick
  Auckland
  Phone:  +64-9 378 9039

South Island

• Christchurch 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 2092
   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
  PO Box 4520
  Armagh and Montreal 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).