Resources for Clients, Parents, Carers and Professionals
For Clients
- Helpful mental health and resilience tools & resources
- Recovery record (App) - an app to help monitor food, mood, and coping strategies which can be securely linked with your clinician (www.recoveryrecord.com)
- Centre for Clinical Interventions (CCI) - resources for clinicians and those in recovery (www.cci.health.wa.gov.au)
- Brene Brown’s inspirational TEDx talk about the power of being vulnerable, exploring what shame is, and tracing our sense of worthiness.
- 10 Actions for Individuals with an ED from the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)
Reading / PDFs / Videos
- TEDx Talk - Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend (June 2013)
- F.E.A.S.T - The Neurobiology of eating disorders
- Treasure, J., Smith, G., & Crane, A. (2007). Skills-based learning for caring for a loved one with an eating disorder: The new Maudsley method. London: Routledge (Book)
- Lock, J., Le Grange, D. (2005 & 2015). Help your teenager beat an eating disorder. London: The Guilford Press (Book)
- Family Based Treatment for anorexia (part A) - Maudsley parents video
- Family Based Treatment for anorexia (part B) - Maudsley parents video
- Dr Laura Hill - TEDx Talk - explains how the brain works in relation to food when suffering from Anorexia
- A Neuroscientist tackles "Why dieting does not work", an essential and challenging TEDx talk to watch for everyone in the battle to lose weight
- Eva Musby - Tips for parents doing Family Based Treatment. Bungi Jumping and Stuck and not eating
- An excellent 40 minute documentary giving insight to parents on the nature of anorexia and what to expect
- A New Zealand Family talking about their experience of Anorexia and Family Based Treatment
- Professor Cynthia Bulik: Changing the way we think about Eating Disorders
- Ganci, Maria (2016): Survive FBT. Skills Manual for Parents Undertaking Family Based Treatment (FBT) for Child and Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa.
- Muhlheim, Lauren (2018): When your Teen has an Eating Disorder. Practical Strategies to Help Your Teen Recover from Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge Eating
- Fairburn, Christopher (2nd ed. 2013): Overcoming Binge Eating. The Proven Program to Learn Why You Binge and How You Can Stop.
For Parents / Carers
- EDANZ carer pack
- Eva Musby - Bitesized Audio messages / conversations to strengthen parents with supporting their adolescent in eating disorder recovery.
- Help for parents of children and teens suffering from anorexia and other eating disorders (www.anorexiafamily.com)
- Supporting your adolescent in Anorexia Recovery - Zoom education series for parents
- F.E.A.S.T. a free 30-day online education programme for parents
- The Neuroscience of Anorexia reveals why it’s so hard to treat (Article from The Cut, Oct. 23, 2015)
- 10 Actions for Caregivers from the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)
- EDANZ (Eating Disorders Association New Zealand) - Offers support and education to parents and careers of people with eating disorders in New Zealand (www.ed.org.nz)
- F.E.A.S.T- Agency for support for carers based in the United States (www.feast-ed.org)
- Around the Dinner Table Forum (FEAST): Parents supporting parents through question and answer forum
- The New Maudsley Approach - A resource for carers of people with eating disorders (www.thenewmaudsleyapproach.co.uk)
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Help sheets for families: Extracts from Eva Musby: "Anorexia and other eating disorders - how to help your child eat well and be well"
- EDCS (Eating Disorder Carer Support)- A confidential Carer forum started by three NZ carers.
Resource for families in Family Based Treatment - a parent's review
For Professionals
- Eating disorders: The brain’s foul trickery. (Article from: www.sciencenewsforstudents.org)
- 10 Actions for Clinicians from the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)
- Royal Australia New Zealand Clinical Practice Guidelines (RANZCP) 2014 - Clinical Practice Guidelines for Eating Disorders
- Centre for Clinical Interventions (CCI) - Resources for clinicians and those in recovery (www.cci.health.wa.gov.au)
- Training Institute for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders - Register of qualified FBT therapists, training and research (www.train2treat4ed.com)
- MARSIPAN medical hospital admission criteria for adults
- MARSIPAN medical admission criteria for younger patients
- Royal Australia & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Guidelines for professionals on the treatment of eating disorders