Services

Eating Disorder Consumer Organisations

Acorn (Albury-Wodonga)

www.acornsupportgroup.com

ACORN is a support group in the Albury Wodonga region for families and carers of people with eating disorders. ACORN works towards providing current and relevant resources and education for its members, the community and regional service organisations.

Australasian Men's Health Forum

www.menshealthaustralia.net

The Australasian Men's Health Forum (AMHF) is the national peak body for men and boy's health and social well being. It is an alliance of individual men and women, organisations and service providers actively engaged in or interested in addressing the physical, psychological, emotional, intellectual, educational, social, spiritual, developmental and relational needs of men and boys in Australia and any other issues that impact on them.

Its mission is to improve the health, social well being and quality of life of all men and boys in Australia. The AMHF currently co-ordinates Men's Health Week activities across the country every June, and is the umbrella bodybehind the National Men's Health Conferences, in collaboration with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Male Health Convention. These conferences are held every two years.

Australian Counselling Association

www.theaca.net.au

The Australian Counselling Association (ACA) is a National progressive professional peak association of counsellors and psychotherapists with over 3000 individual members. The ACA is primarily concerned with national registration, industry standards, creating employment for counsellors, Medicare and health fund rebates and formal recognition of counselling as an Allied Health profession. ACA is an independent association that offers members servies and benefits second to none. ACA is the "voice of counsellors".

The Butterfly Foundation

www.thebutterflyfoundation.org.au/

The Foundation, founded in August 2002 by Claire Vickery, is a community based charitable organisation that supports eating disorder sufferers and their carers through direct financial relief, advocacy, awareness campaigns, health promotion and early intervention work, professional training in primary and secondary schools and we support research into eating disorders and body image.

Bridges Association (WA)

www.bridges.net.au

Bridges Association Incorporated was established to promote understanding and to provide support services for all people affected by eating disorders in Western Australia. We are an alliance of past sufferers, parents, carers and health professionals who are passionate about working together to advocate a holistic and team approach in the recovery process.

Carers Australia
www.carersaustralia.com.au

Carers Australia is the national peak body representing those Australians who provide unpaid care and support to family members and friends with a disability, mental illness or disorder, chronic condition, terminal illness or who are frail. Carers Australia works with a network of carers associations in each state and territory to improve the lives of carers. Together, they provide important services like counselling, advice, and education and training. They also promote the recognition and needs of carers to governments, businesses and the wider public.

Carers Australia believes all carers, regardless of their cultural and linguistic differences, age, disability, religion, socioeconomic status, gender identification and geographical location should have the same rights, choices and opportunities as other Australians. They should be able to enjoy optimum health, social and economic wellbeing and participate in family, social and community life, employment and education.

For information and support, contact your nearest carers association on Freecall 1800 242 636 or visit our website.

Eating Disorders Association (QLD)
www.eda.org.au

The Eating Disorders Association is funded by The Department of Communities - Disability, HACC and Community Mental Health Service, to provide information, support and referral services for the state of Queensland, Australia.

The EDA is a non-discriminatory and non-profit organisation which is dedicated to providing a service to people of all ages, gender and cultures who are affected by eating disorders.

The Association holds the belief that eating disorders are complex multi-faceted illnesses, which require a multi-dimensional approach to care and support. We believe that all sufferers and families should be treated with dignity and compassion and should be included in all levels of service. The EDA believes in the acceptance of all body types and sizes and the value of people as whole beings.

The Eating Disorder Association Resource Centre provides information, support, referral and community education about eating disorders to people who have eating disorders, their carers, health professionals and the general community. We provide face to face, telephone, email and web based support, house a library, run support groups for individuals with eating disorders and carer support groups, send our information packs on request and provide community education and advocacy.

Aceda-Eating Disorders Support Service

www.aceda.org.au

Aceda is the newly amalgamated organisation incorporating the Panic and Anxiety Disorders Association of SA, and the Obsessive-Compulsive Support Service, and the Eating Disorders Association of SA. Aceda receives funding from the Mental Health Unit to provide:

> non-clinical face-to-face and telephone counselling

> self-help and support groups

> individual and systemic advocacy

> liaison with other relevant services

> best practice recovery oriented services

> information, education and activities to improve community awareness.

The Aceda helpline operates between 9:30 - 4:30 Monday to Friday and is staffed by support workers. They run two fortnightly support groups; one is the Eating Disorders Recovery Support Group aimed at people with eating disorders and the other is the Friends and Relatives Support Group aimed at parents, partners, siblings and friends supporting someone with an eating disorder. They also run workshops and conduct training for health and welfare workers.

Dates of workshops, programs, training and events are continually updated on the website.

Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria Inc
www.eatingdisorders.org.au/

Eating Disorders Victoria (EDV) is the primary source of support, information, community education and advocacy for people with eating disorders and their families in Victoria. We connect those whose lives are affected by eating disorders with the people, services and hope they need for recovery.

Eating Disorders Victoria is unique in Victoria in providing a comprehensive support and information service on all aspects of eating disorders. EDV incorporates a unique approach to the provision of non-clinical support services through a blend of qualified professionals and lived experience of employees and volunteers. The approach and services provided by EDV have a direct impact on the mental health and wellbeing of thousands of Victorians every year.

EDV incorporates a three-tiered strategy in the delivery of its services.

1. Prevention and early intervention strategy:
Broad community approach: Promoting awareness of eating disorders to the wider population through information dissemination as a preventative strategy.
Schools approach: Working closely with schools to educate teachers, student welfare officers, parents and the school community on eating disorders prevention and early identification of problems.

2. Non-clinical support throughout the recovery process:

First point of contact: Services such as the Eating Disorders Helpline and the EDV website are often the first point of contact for many people who discover they have an eating disorder, or their family and friends. Information and support is made easily accessible to service users (who can choose to remain anonymous if they wish) in a confidential, respectful and non-threatening manner.
Recommending clinical treatment: EDV recommends treatment options and details of service providers through the Treatment List and Referrals Database, which lists all eating disorder-specialist services across Victoria. EDV stresses the importance of seeking medical assessment, diagnosis and referral to promote recovery from an eating disorder.
Support to complement medical treatment: EDV's non-clinical support services effectively underpin and strengthen clinical treatment through the provision of resilience skills, education, encouragement and support for families and friends.

3. Relapse prevention and recovery maintenance:

EDV recognises that eating disorders are serious and chronic illnesses which require long-term support for healing and full recovery to take place. We also recognise the reality of relapses both in the early stage of recovery, and in some cases after a full recovery has been made. EDV provides ongoing support in many forms to promote long term recovery.

F.E.A.S.T (Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders)

www.feast-ed.org/

F.E.A.S.T-ED is an organisation of and for parents and caregivers to help loved ones recover from eating disorders by providing information and mutual support, promoting evidence-based treatment, and advocating for research and education to reduce the suffering associated with eating disorders.

If Not Dieting

www.ifnotdieting.com.au

This site, created by Dr Rick Kausman, provides help and support for people to: Achieve and maintain a healthy, comfortable weight without being deprived of food or losing quality of life; and, to enjoy food without feeling guilty.

Dr. Kausman also offers the If not dieting 2-day training for Health Professionals which will be presented in Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane in 2010. Follow-up sessions for past participants and a public forum in Perth are also features of this year's calendar of events. For more information please visit www.ifnotdieting.com.au where you will also find a range on If not dieting resources.

ISIS (QLD)

www.isis.org.au/main.html

Isis- The Eating Issues Centre Inc. is a community based non government organisation located in Brisbane, dedicated to goals of support, understanding and change at both individual and social levels to promote recovery, early intervention and prevention of eating issues. Isis has been funded by the Queensland Government since July 1996 to develop a model for empowerment based feminist therapy and group work with women who identify as having serious eating issues such as bulimia, anorexia, and compulsive eating. Isis views eating issues as coping strategies that people develop due to a range of underlying issues and pressures in their lives. Isis recognises the complex interaction of individual, familial (including genetic), socio cultural and gender related factors that can make people vulnerable to eating issues, and supports people towards recovery and self development, while assisting people to develop more constructive coping strategies and healthier relationships with themselves and others. Isis services include free and low cost clinical counselling, therapeutic groups, information and referral, library access, workshops, community education and schools based prevention early intervention programs, as well as training, professional development and projects that seek to change unhealthy societal messages and pressures that can contribute to eating issues.

Women's Program, Tuesday- Thursdays including counselling and 18 week therapeutic groups.
Eating Issues Men's and Transgender Project was launched 2006- Isis is now open on Mondays and Fridays to anyone struggling with body image and eating issues.

Lismore & Districts Women's Health Centre

www.lismorewomen.org.au

RIPE

www.recoveryispossible.com.au

RIPE is a small group based treatment program based in Melbourne. Focusing on people experiencing Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder's we have been running groups for the last 7 years. We offer a group using ACT, CBT, Mind fullness and Eating Awareness skills and all programs are facilitated by a dietitian and a counsellor.

T.E.S.S (Tasmanian Eating Disorders Support Service)

T.E.S.S is based in Launceston. The support service offers professional counselling especially for those in rural areas and a referral service to dieticians, psychologists and other relevant service providers.

T.E.S.S is currently setting up regular support groups in George Town and Hobart and is currently conducting eating disorders workshops to staff at local schools.

Future goals are to establish day programs providing a safe environment for those who are working through the challenges of recovery, to provide workshops to GP's and health professionals and to continue to spread awareness for the need for improved treatment and support in the community of Tasmania.

The Jean Hailes Foundation for Womens Health

www.jeanhailes.org.au

Women's Health Works (WA)
www.womenshealthworks.org.au/

WOMEN'S Healthworks is a dynamic and innovative health, education and referral service for women in the northern suburbs of WA. There is a counselling service, Well Women's Health Clinic, Social & Support Groups and Satellite Services.

The Body Esteem Program offers guided self-help groups for women 18+ years living with eating disorders such as Anorexia/Bulimia, Binge/Overeating. There is also a Parent/Carer Education Support Program and a Step Down Program which provides information about Eating Disorders and recovery. These groups are offered at central Perth Locations.

Medical & Research

Australian College of Mental Health Nurses

www.acmhn.org

ACMHN is the peak professional body representing mental health nurses in Australia. They engage with members and stakeholders to advance mental health nursing across the country.

Australian Nursing Federation

www.anf.org.au

The Australian Nursing Federation provides professional and industrial leadership for the nursing industry and the broader health sector.

Brain and Mind Institute - BMRI

www.brmi.org.au

Diseases of the brain and mind, including substance abuse, clinical depression and dementia now account for more than 40 percent of all illness. These diseases are devastating for those affected, their families, and for society, costing the Australian economy an estimated $30 billion each year. the BMRI brings together patients, support groups and front-line carers with scientists and clinicians working in neurosciences and brain research, providing hope for those affected.

The Brain and Mind Research Institute has a fundamental commitment to the long-neglected ares of brain and mind disorders, pursuing genuine partnerships with the wider community as a vital part of our research and activities. The synergies that arise from the sharing of unique facilities and the active intermixing of senior researches from the basic and clinical neurosciences promotes new research discoveries into disorders of the brain and mind, providing hope for those individuals and families whose lives are devastated by these conditions.

Curriculum Corporation

www.curriculum.edu.au

Curriculum Corporation has been a member of the EDANN since early March 2009, including our active participation as a member of the NEDC's Promotion and Prevention Review Forum.

From 1 March 2010, Curriculum Corporation will merge with fellow ministerial company education.au to form Education Services Australia (ESA). Education Services Australia will remain as a not-for-profit company owned by Ministers, with offices in Melbourne and Adelaide and a brief to support national education priorities and initiatives, and assist the states and territories in the improvement of student learning outcomes.

Curriculum Corporation and education.au see the consolidation of the two companies into ESA as a great opportunity to build and draw on their collective expertise and experience - particularly in the area of online education - to strengthen capacity to meet Ministers' and other clients' future requirements. ESA will have the capability to meet the needs of all education sectors in the areas of curriculum and assessment resource development, research and evaluation, educational publishing, technology services, information systems, collaborative platforms, content creation, resource distribution infrastructure, career services and teacher professional learning. ESA has extensive networks within education; with teachers, schools, administrators and key stakeholders.

ESA will deliver increased benefits and synergies in all educational outputs for clients and stakeholders, and our focus remains, as always, on providing the highest standard of service delivery to our clients in every project that we undertake.

Dieticians Association of Australia

www.daa.asn.au

The Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) is the national Association of the profession, with branches in each State and Territory, representing approximately 4,000 members. Accredited Practising Dietitians (APDs) are recognised professionals with the qualifications and skills to provide expert nutritian and dietary advice.

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research

www.garvan.org.au/research/research-groups/eating-disorders

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research is a world leader in its field, pioneering study into some of the most widespread diseases affecting our community today. Research at Garvan is focussed upon understanding the role of genes in health and disease as the basis for developing future cures. The Eating Disorders Research Group led by Professor Herbert Herzog and Associate Professor Amanda Sainsbury-Salis is part of the Garvan Neuroscience Research Program.

A major aim of our research is to understand how natural brain chemicals control appetite and body composition (e.g. how much fat or muscle your body stores), as well as their effects on reproductive health and bone biology. Our main focus is on neuropeptide Y and its receptors Y1, Y2, Y4, Y5 and Y6, since many of the molecules that regulate appetite, body weight and body composition do so via interaction with neurpeptide Y. The Findings from our research have implications for the treatment of eating disorders, obesity, los of appetite in patients with cancer, infertility and osteoporosis.

Hunter Institute of Mental Health

www.himh.org.au

The Hunter Institute of Mental Health is a business unit of the Hunter New England Area Health Service. The mission of the Hunter Institute of Mental Health is to promote mental health and to improve the outcomes for people with mental illnesses. This is done through providing fee-for-service education and training programs, as well as managing mental health promotion, illness prevention and suicide prevention programs. The Hunter Institute of Mental Health manages a number of National programs, including the Mindframe National Media Initiative (www.mindframe-media.info), the Response Ability curriculum projects (www.responseability.org) and partners in depression program (www.partnersindepression.com.au) as well as a number of other state and local programs.

The Institute of Health & Biomedical Innovation IHBI - QUT

www.ihbi.qut.edu.au/

The Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation is a collaborative institute based at QUT, devoted to improving the health of individuals through research innovation. We combine hight quality health research with a commitment to social justice. This means that we do more than develop innovative solutions to health issues. We also apply our solutions to real world experiences to make sure that they are effective. Through our work, we seek to improve the health of individuals and of communities.

Medical-Legal Network for Children

www.mlnc.org.au/

The Medical-Legal Network for Children brings together an integrative network of expertise to help children and young people in achieving the best possible start in life. The Network seeks to develop an extensive network of qualified and experienced professionals who specialise in child, youth and family issues to provide assistance in times of hardship or crisis. This will include resources from the legal and medical professions together with the work of other disciplines, such as psychology, sociology, epidemiology, and policy development.

Mental Health SA

www.health.sa.gov.au/mentalhealth

The Mental Health Unit is part of the Department of Health and is responsible for policy development, facilities planning and advancing Mental Health Reform throughout the state and the community.

Murdoch Children's Research Institute

www.mcri.edu.au/

Murdoch Children's Research Institute discovers ways to prevent and treat conditions affecting babies, children and adolescents, helping them lead happy, healthy lives.

Pharmaceutical Society of Australia

www.psa.org.au

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) is the peak national professional pharmacy organisation. PSA has a dual function: supporting pharmacists' commitment to high standards of patient care and continuing professional education, and representing their role as frontline health professionals. PSA's primary role is to provide initial and ongoing education, training and practice support tools for pharmacists and pharmacy staff.

The society is the leading advocacy organisation for pharmacists, influencing attitudes, opinions and policies through representation, networking, consultation, continuing education, practice support, standards, guidelines and a range of publications and health promoting programs and resources.

Princess Margaret Hospital - Incorporating Children's Eating Disorder Program, Hospital for Children, Eating Disorders Unit & Psychological Medicine
www.pmh.health.wa.gov.au

The Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia Inc
www.pacfa.org.au

The Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia Inc. is a peak body for Member Associations which meet the standards (developed by consensus) for professional practitioners within the disciplines of Counselling and Psychotherapy in the Australian community. There are 37 member associations which accept these professional standards and which adhere to the PACFA Ethical Guidelines. PACFA also provides a National Register for counsellors and psychotherapists who meet rigorous training and supervision standards, complaint mechanisms for members of the public, accreditation of counselling and psychotherapy education programs, resources on ethics for Member Associations, and research on the evidence base for counselling and psychotherapy and best practice guidelines for a range of mental health issues.

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

www.ranzcp.org

RANZCP is the principal organisation representing the medical specialty of psychiatry in Australia and New Zealand. Through our internationally recognised training programs, innovative continuous professional development and strong representation, we are committed to creating better outcomes for mental health in the community.

Royal Australasian College of Physicians

www.racp.edu.au

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) is a Fellowship of more than 10,500 specialist and generalist physicians and 4,000 trainees who practise in more than 25 medical specialties including public health medicine, cardiology, respiratory medicine, neurology, oncology, occupational and environmental medicine, rehabilitation medicine, palliative medicine, paediatrics, geriatric medicine, sexual health medicine and addiction medicine. Beyond the drive for medical excellence, the RACP is committed to developing health and social policies which bring vital improvements to the wellbeing of patients. The College works to establish and achieve the highest standards of contemporary knowledge and skill in the practice of medicine and to promote the health and well being of the community. The College, in collaboration with affiliated specialty societies, is the provider of frameworks and standards of education for specialist physicians and trainees. The College is a key stakeholder in the Australian health system, advocating for improving the health and wellness of individuals and communities and reducing disparities across population groups.

Royal College of General Practitioners

www.racgp.org.au/

The RACGP is a professional organisation that focuses on the safety and quality of general practice to improve the health and well being of all Australians, through supporting general practitioners.

The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

www.health.qld.gov.au/rbwh

The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) is the largest tertiary referral teaching hospital in Queensland. The services provided by the hospital include an Eating Disorder Outreach Services (EDOS).

Royal Children's Hospital

www.rch.org.au/

The Royal Children's Hospital is a specialist paediatric hospital and provides a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and adolescents. The hospital is the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria, and also cares for children from Tasmania and southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas. As the major paediatric hospital in Victoria, the Royal Children's Hospital provides clinical, academic and advocacy services for children and young people throughout the state. It is internationally recognised as a leading centre for research and education.

Royal Melbourne Hospital, Eating Disorders Service

www.mh.org.au/Royal_Melbourne_Hospital

St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne) Ltd

www.svhm.org.au/

SVMH is a World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre in Mental Health and Substance Abuse. It is also a teaching service of the University of Melbourne Department of Psychiatry and has well-developed educational, training, clinical and research programs. SVMH provides a range of mental health services to people who experience serious mental illness and associated psychosocial disability; are aged 16-64 and reside in the cities of Yarra and Boroondara.

Southern Health
www.southernhealth.org.au

Adolescent medicine including eating disorders

Adolescent medicine provides both in- and out-patient services for a variety of acute and chronic medical problems and/or psychiatric difficulties in adolescent aged patients (12-18 years inclusive).

Specialty areas include eating disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome and chronic illness.

Six acute beds are available for young people with an Eating Disorder on the Children's Ward at Monash medical centre Clayton. These beds are for those patients who require management of the physical complications of the illness.

An additional two beds are available in the Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient Unit (Stepping Stones) for those patients with an Eating Disorder who have an additional psychiatric issues.

Day Programs

A Day Program is also available for young people with an Eating Disorder. This provides more psychological support than can be provided by outpatient services but less intense physical support. Patients with mental health issues are co-managed with the Adolescent Psychiatric In-patients Unit (Stepping Stones), hospital consultation liaison psychiatric team and local CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services).

The multi-disciplinary team includes three paediatricians with expertise in adolescent health, dietitians, consultation liaison psychiatric team, social worker, teacher, art and music therapists and physiotherapy, as required.

We also provide consultation in the management of patients admitted under other sub-specialty units who require a specialist approach for their adolescent needs.

Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

www.ichr.uwa.edu.au

The Telethon Institute is dedicated to prevention of childhood diseases and disability and tackling the major issues in child health and well being.

The Alfred Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services

www.alfred.org.au/CAMHS

ALFRED CAMHS provides a wide range of free outpatient services, delivering mental health care for infants, children and adolescents under 18 years and their families or carers. CAMHS deliver outpatient and inpatient treatment for children and young people to the age of 18 affected by eating disorders, including delivery of evidence based family focused interventions. CAMHS services are also involved in supporting promotion and early intervention activities with schools, primary care providers and others.

The Children's Hospital, Westmead

www.chw.edu.au

www.chw.edu.au/site/directory/entries/admedicine.htm

The Department of Adolescent Medicine provides inpatient and outpatient services to adolescents and their families at the Children's Hospital at Westmead. The Eating Disorder Service is based in Adolescent Medicine in conjunction with Psychological Medicine providing joint medical and psychiatric assessments of new patients with ongoing individual and family work by Psychosocial team. Maudsley Family Based Treatment, intensive family therapy is provided for families whose adolescent has been in the eating disorder inpatient program upon discharge.

Universities

Charles Sturt University

www.csu.edu.au

Charles Sturt University fosters a culture of responsiveness and inclusiveness, producing graduates who embrace change and innovation.

As one of the largest distance education providers in Australia, CSU delivers industry relevant courses to thousands of students all over the world. Through our industry partnerships and commitment to the responsible stewardship of resources, the University promotes international understanding and fosters ethical practice.

Our strong research focus and commitment to lifelong learning inform the depth and breadth of our courses, ensuring our students benefit through exposure to intellectually stimulating, well-grounded concepts that will have a flow-on effect to our regional, national and international communities.

Flinders University - School of Psychology

www.flinders.edu.au

www.socsci.flinders.edu.au/psyc/splash/800x600/index.html

The interests and expertise of the faculty members are diverse but the School's strengths are broadly located in the areas of applied cognitive psychology, clinical/health psychology, development across the lifespan, social psychology, and psychophysiology/neuroscience.

Professor Tracey Wade has focused on a variety of areas in eating disorders including: investigation of how genetic vulnerability, cognitive development, personality, and environmental risk factors work together to influence the development of disordered eating; development and evaluation of treatment approaches; development and evaluation of preventative approaches; examination of diagnostic and classification issues; the relationship between perfectionism and eating disorders.

Professor Marika Tiggemann has a broad interest in body image with a particular focus on media effects.

Dr Eva Kemps has conducted research on dieting , craving, and memory.

The School of Psychology also has three postdoctoral fellows working in the area of eating disorders and body image. Dr Amy Slater is working on the sexualisation of girls and the media; Dr Simon Wilksch is working on the integration approaches to prevent obesity and eating disorders; Dr Anna Steele is working on the relationship between perfectionism and disordered eating.

La Trobe University

www.latrobe.edu.au/psy/

La Trobe University, School of Psychological Science and head of School Professor Susan Paxton has a longstanding clinical and research interest in body image and eating disorders.

The research has focused on identification of risk factors for body dissatisfaction and disordered eating and evaluation of prevention early intervention interventions programs for girls and women. Susan is a member of the Body Image Advisory Group which advises the Federal Minister for Youth, Kate Ellis, and a member of the Victorian State Ministerial Advisory Committee on Body Image and Ministerial Advisory Committee for Eating Disorders.

She is past President of the Australian and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders, and is currently President of the Academy of Eating Disorders, the international association for professionals working in the eating disorder field. She is also on the Board of Directors of The Butterfly Foundation.

Monash University

www.monash.edu.au

School of Psychological Science

www.latrobe.edu.au/psy/projects/bulimic_ed/index.html

Swinburne University of Technology

www.swin.edu.au

Swin-PsyCHE Research Centre

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/lss/swinpsyche/

Swinburne Psychological Clinical Health and Evaluation (Swin-PsyCHE) is a Research Centre that incorporates staff from Swinburne Psychology and encompasses a wide-ranging skills base including clinical, counselling, health, and developmental psychologists, methodologists, and program evaluators. Our focus is the investigation of behaviour, emotion and cognition, and the practical application of findings in clinical, health and social settings and we aim to to enhance the welfare of individuals, groups and the community through research on contemporary psychological and social issues.

Swin-PsyCHE eTherapy Unit

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/lss/swinpsyche/etherapy/index.html

Swin-PsyCHE eTherapy Unit is dedicated to the development and evaluation of e-Interventions (mental and behavioural health promotion, prevention, treatment and management-oriented interventions delivered via the internet or via other electronic technologies, with or without human support) and our team have been leading the development, evaluation and delivery of e-Interventions since 1998. Our most recent development was the establishment of the National eTherapy Centre and Anxiety Online.

National eTherapy Centre (NeTC)

http://www.anxietyonline.org.au

The NeTC aims to make available the world's most effective online psychological assessment tools and internet-based clinical treatment programs (eTherapies) to the general public. In additional, we offer eTherapy training and education programs for healthcare professionals. Anxiety Online (a full service psychological assessment and treatment clinic for the Anxiety Disorders) is the first of our consumer services. In 2010 treatment programs for bulimia, depression, insomnia and gambling will be added to this platform.

University of Melbourne - Department of Psychiatry

www.unimelb.edu.au

The department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne is involved in many activities associated with mental health in Melbourne, Victoria and Australia, as well as overseas. In addition it is comprehensive under-graduate and post-graduate study programs, it conducts cutting edge research and is very involved with the leadership and policy development of clinical servies. Research interests include, inter alia, eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder and adolescent body image health promotion.

University of Newcastle School of Medicine and Public Health

www.newcastle.edu.au/school/medicine-pubilic-health

As the largest health School at the University of Newcastle, the School of Medicine and Public Health has a strong research focus and works closely with Hunter Medical Research Institute.

University of Sydney Psychological Medicine, Eating Disorders Units www.medfac.usyd.edu.au/about/schldscp/disciplines/psych.php

The Medical Psychology Unit is an independent research group which conducts research into psychological aspects of medical illness. The Unit works in conjunction with a number of Faculty Disciplines including Experimental Medicine, Medicine and Psychological Medicine, and is linked to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Royal North Shore Hospital.

A large eating disorders and research program through the Dieting Disorders Centre, linking the various clinical facilities affiliated to the University.

University of Sydney, Department of Psychology

The School of Psychology at the University of Sydney is one of the leading research centres in eating disorders in Australia. It attracts large numbers of postgraduate research students at both the MSc and PhD level who undertake pioneering research in this field.

Professor Stephen Touyz is currently the principal investigator on two large National Health and Medical Research Council Grants. He is a past-president of the International Eating Disorders Research Society based in the United States. Dr Paul Rhodes has a special interest in undertaking research into Maudsley based family therapy. The School is currently negotiating the development of a new teaching hospital which will be Australia's first hospital dedicated entirely to patients with eating disorders.

University of Western Australia, School of Psychology

www.psychology.uwa.edu.au/

University of Western Sydney Centre for Educational Research www.uws.edu.au/centre_for_educational_research/cer

CER, which is led by Professor Christine Halse, is internationally-known for its high-quality research on the subjective experience of anorexia amongst teenage girls and their parents. The research has: contributed to knowledge of anorexia among young people, including the publication of theoretical and empirical research that has been adopted by educators and clinicians working with teenage girls with anorexia; elucidated the ethical issues involved in working with young people with anorexia and their parents; and developed a form of life history analysis known as family biography to explore the diverse experiences of anorexia for family members and other stakeholders. CER is currently expanding its programme of research on young people and eating disorders through projects on youth and obesity, boys and anorexia.

University of Western Sydney, School of Medicine