Now on bookshelves across the world including Canada, Australia, USA, UK… ‘Anorexia and Bulimia in the Family’ (pub 2004, John Wiley and Sons) When my daughter, aged 23, told me she’s been diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, binge-purge type, the words anorexia and bulimia were on the very edge of my vocabulary; I knew nothing at all about what they meant – either for the sufferer…
Petition – eating disorders
NEEDS Scotland and SEDIG led the campaign for better resources e.g. training, to encourage early recognition of these devastating addictive/compulsive illnesses which affect the whole family as well as the person who has the eating disorder e.g. anorexia nervosa or bulimia. Early recognition may mean the difference between life and death, especially in anorexia, recovery or a long term illness with relapse over many years….
Scottish Eating Disorders Interest Group
As a former committee member of SEDIG, I was also editor of SEDIG News for 3 years. SEDIG is a dynamic and growing group of professionals, carers, and people who have recovered from an eating disorder, who meet regularly to discuss the best ways to support anyone – including family members and other informal carers – affected by these devastating illnesses which affect physical, emotional…
NEEDS Scotland
I’ve been an active member of North East Eating Disorders Support (Scotland) for several years now. NEEDS Scotland is a registered Scottish charity meeting regularly in Aberdeen, which offers confidential support and information on eating disorders. Last year I handed over as chair person to Heather, though I still help out as a facilitator or present the ‘ice-breaker’ at the beginning of the meetings which…
Worldwide Charter for Eating Disorders
For more details visit www.aed.web.org In 2006, along with Eric van Furth from the Netherlands, I helped to launch the Worldwide Charter for Action on Eating Disorders at International Conference for Eating Disorders (ICED) Barcelona where over 900 delegates representing countries all over the world. I spoke to people from Japan, Australia, Canada, France, USA, UK…. Awareness is now growing about how it is possible…
AED International Conference 08
Checking in at Aberdeen airport at 6 a.m. on 13th May, I was not surprised that my case earned a special label Heavy Contents…the taxi driver had used the same words as he carried it down the steep steps before I left home… I didn’t see the case again until I dragged it off the moving luggage belt at Seattle Tacoma airport. No wonder it…
Work in Eating Disorders
When my daughter, aged 23, was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa I could find no help or support and it took me two years to begin to find information when I eventually discovered EDA by chance – now b-eat uk. Having at one time been trained as a Samaritan I decided to start a local support telephone helpline and later linked up with EDA, working on…