Approximately one million Australians are living with an eating disorder in any given year; that is, 4% of the population. And the prevalence is increasing. Allied health professionals play a crucial role in identifying and responding to eating disorders, ensuring that people across all areas of Australia can access support and treatment early in the illness journey.
The National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) has a number of freely accessible resources available to help you increase your knowledge, skill, and confidence to respond to eating disorders. NEDC’s work, underpinned by lived experience, clinical, and research expertise, aims to develop and implement a consistent, evidence-informed, and equitable system of care for all Australians. Supporting workforce and system development in regional, rural, and remote areas of Australia is of key importance. A recent NEDC professional development initiative saw 38% of participants (340 clinicians) representing regional, rural or remote areas.
Clinicians often mention that they are already seeing people experiencing eating disorders but don’t feel confident to talk with the person about the concerns. The following resources can help to equip you with the knowledge and skill to confidently and effectively respond to eating disorders:
The National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) has a number of freely accessible resources available to help you increase your knowledge, skill, and confidence to respond to eating disorders. NEDC’s work, underpinned by lived experience, clinical, and research expertise, aims to develop and implement a consistent, evidence-informed, and equitable system of care for all Australians. Supporting workforce and system development in regional, rural, and remote areas of Australia is of key importance. A recent NEDC professional development initiative saw 38% of participants (340 clinicians) representing regional, rural or remote areas.
Clinicians often mention that they are already seeing people experiencing eating disorders but don’t feel confident to talk with the person about the concerns. The following resources can help to equip you with the knowledge and skill to confidently and effectively respond to eating disorders:
- Eating Disorder Core Skills: eLearning for Mental Health Professionals: a 5-hour evidence-based training providing comprehensive information on eating disorders, assessment, treatment, and multidisciplinary care, Resources are provided to support implementation in clinical practice.
- Management of eating disorders for people with higher weight: clinical practice guideline. Eating disorders are common in people with higher weight but are under-recognised and under-treated often due to weight stigma. The Guideline synthesises best practice approaches to eating disorder management based on the premise that every person experiencing an eating disorder deserves equitable, safe, accessible, and evidence-based care. Access a summary here.
- Further factsheets, resources and tools can be found on the NEDC website – www.nedc.com.au