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General informationtop

  • Factsheet Eating Disorders

    The authoritive National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) published a 'factsheet' Eating Disorders: Facts about Eating Disorders and the Search for Solution. This document can be downloaded as PDF from their site.

  • Binge Eating Disorders

    Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is one of the new diagnoses in DSM-IV. This site of the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) provides the ‘official' information on BED.


Treatmenttop

Please refer to the section on Treatment guidelines.


Eating Disorders in the DSM Vtop

  • Eating Disorders Work Group

    The Eating Disorders Work Group is chaired by B. Timothy Walsh, M.D. and is composed of 10 members (biosketches and disclosure information for each Work Group member).

  • Proposed revisions of eating disorders criteria

    Among the work group’s proposals is the recommendation that binge eating disorder be recognized as a free-standing diagnosis apart from the Appendix. Also, it is being recommended that the Eating Disorders category be renamed Eating and Feeding Disorders to reflect the proposal for inclusion of feeding disorders.The amenorrhea criterion for anorexia nervosa has been removed.


Conferencestop

Information on eating disorder related conferences and meetings can best be found on the websites of the professional organisations such as AED, EDRS and ECED (see below).

  • 2010 International Conference on Eating Disorders

    June 9 - 12, 2010
    Salzburg Congress and Sheraton Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

    The ICED is the primary gathering place for professionals and advocates engaged in research, treatment and prevention of eating disorders. Each year, ICED attendees, faculty, supporters and exhibitors create a unique, inspiring and intensive environment for education, training, collaboration and dialogue.


Internet guidestop


Patient organisationstop

  • ADANER (Spain)

    ADANER (Asociación en Defensa de la Atención a la Anorexia Nerviosa y Bulimia) is a Spanish non-profit organisation that supports patients with eating disorders.

  • ANAD e.V. (Germany)

    ANAD is one of Germany's biggest charities for eating disorders. In addition to information for parents, friends and patients, ANAD is also running a supported living and accommodation project for patients with eating disorders.

  • Bodywhys (Ireland)

    Bodywhys is the national voluntary organization dedicated to supporting the 200,000 people in Ireland affected by eating disorders.

  • Miata (Belgium)

    Miata is a support association for parents of people with anorexia nervosa, bulimia and related eating disorders. The site is in French.

  • Netzwerk Essstörungen (Austria)

    The Netzwerk Essstörungen (eating disorders network) is a charity for sufferers from eating disorders and their family based in Austria. It is also involved in organising international eating disorders conferences.

  • SABN (Netherlands)

    SABN is a Dutch patient organization for people with eating disorders. SABN provides information about the development and treatment options of eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder.

  • beat (UK)

    Beat is the leading UK charity for people with eating disorders and their families. Beat is the working name of the Eating Disorders Association, and we continue to build on the strong foundations of the past 20 years of work.


Professional organisationstop

  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Essstörung e.V.

    The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Essstörung (German society for eating disorder) is a non-profit organisation that aims to create a scientific network in Germany to support prevention, diagnosis and therapy of eating disorders.

  • Royal College of Psychiatrists

    The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the professional and educational body for psychiatrists in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It aims to set standards and promote excellence in psychiatry and mental healthcare; lead, represent and support psychiatrists; and work with service users, carers and their organisations.

  • Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)

    The international transdisciplinary organisation for researchers and therapists.

  • Eating Disorders Research Society (EDRS)

    An international organisation for researchers with a selected membership.

  • European Council on Eating Disorders (ECED)

    An informal organisation without members. The ECED organises an informative European meeting every two years (odd years) on research and clinical practice.


Treatment guidelinestop


State-of-the-art bookstop


Evidence-based books for patientstop


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Miscellaneoustop

  • Orthorexia

    An exaggerated interest in healthy food which can develop into a variant of anorexia nervosa.