May 2024
Funding for EDV in State Budget 2024-25
Eating Disorders Victoria (EDV) welcomes the announcement of the 2024/5 Victorian State Budget, which includes the allocation of $2.6 million per year over three years for EDV to support more Victorians impacted by these serious mental illnesses. This funding is part of a broader $30.7million investment into eating disorders in the 2024/5 budget.
Read moreUnpacking Diet Culture
Unpacking diet culture and how it affects us all.
Read moreApril 2024
The Experience of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
Have you experienced or cared for someone with Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)? Are you a healthcare professional that treats people with this eating disorder? Researchers from Queensland University of Technology are investigating ARFID, with a particular focus on diagnosis and treatment from the perspectives of lived experience, loved ones, carers, and clinicians.
Read moreSEED: a phone app to treat eating disorder symptoms in gay and bisexual cis-men
Researchers at the University of Melbourne are looking for gay and bisexual cis-men with body image and/or eating difficulties to trial the SEED app. SEED is 10-week app-based prevention and early intervention program targeting eating disorder symptoms in adults.
Read moreToward Embodied Healing: Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy for Body Image
The aim of this study is to trial a new treatment for body image disturbance in women who have a history of anorexia nervosa, using psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy (PAP).
Read moreCaring for a Young Person with an Eating Disorder
Researchers at Swinburne University, in partnership with Eating Disorders Families Australia, are seeking volunteers to participate in a research project exploring the experience and impact of caring for a young person with an eating disorder, in addition to caregivers’ needs and experiences.
Read moreAssessing the Influence of Caregiver Factors on FBT for Eating Disorders
This research is seeking caregivers of adolescents aged 6-18 in current or recent eating disorder treatment. Participants will complete a Qualtrics survey once, requiring approximately 20 minutes.
Read moreMarch 2024
ScreenED: Co-design Workshop Study
Researchers at Melbourne University are seeking young people with eating disorder lived experience, carers, and families to help shape a high-quality screening tool to detect eating disorders in primary school aged children.
Read moreRelationship quality in anorexia nervosa
Researchers at Deakin University are currently seeking volunteers to participate in an online study investigating how attitudes towards body image and food influence our relationships with friends and family. Adults aged 18-30 years are eligible to take part.
Read moreRamadan, fasting and eating disorders
Ramadan is a holy month for Muslims worldwide and is a month of fasting, prayer, reflection and community. For those living with an eating disorder, making the decision of whether to partake in fasting or not can bring about a lot of guilt, confusion and worry due to concerns over relapsing.
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