Policy Alerts

NEW! Call for More Training of Frontline Providers, states Academy for Eating Disorders President Dr. Bryn Austin. Read HERE!

AED Experts By Experience create practical guides for providers, caregivers, patients

The Experts by Experience committee of the Academy for Eating Disorders is in the process of creating 3 different sets of 1-page practical guides – one directed at patients, one directed at carers, and one directed at clinicians. They are requesting the input of people affected by eating disorders and their families in developing content for these guides.

The 9 Truths About Eating Disorders, developed by the Academy for Eating Disorders and numerous advocacy groups, will be used as a foundation for these practical guides. Each truth will be expanded on to suit the population that it is directed toward.

The objective of this endeavor is to provide utility focused guides that will offer practical and clinical application to each truth, with the ultimate goal of better understanding eating disorders, improving treatment, and reducing the suffering of people affected by eating disorders and their families.

The Experts by Experience Committee has created a survey, and they are looking for your input to provide wide and varied perspectives for the guides. Every contribution counts! Click through to add your voice.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PJC7VBQ

Eating Disorders Healthcare Rights – developed by AED

World Eating Disorders Healthcare Rights ( Academy for Eating Disorders) HERE

POLICY UPDATE

Are you a PARENT of a person who is now or has been affected by an EATING DISORDER?  The Mayo Clinic in partnership with leading eating disorders researchers are helping to inform the definition of RECOVERY.  At this time there is NO agreed upon definition of recovery!   You have the opportunity to inform the field.  Don’t miss this opportunity!

Click here to learn more: https://www.eatingdisordertherapyla.com/volunteers-needed-for-eating-disorder-recovery-research-study/

2018 May:  Mexico’s Congress adopts June 2 as National Eating Disorders Action Day.

Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC): On World Eating Disorders Action Day Break the Shame, Stigma and Silence

June 2, 2017

On behalf of the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), Louise Bradley, President and CEO, made the following statement: