External Eating Disorder Resources

FREED

FREED stands for First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for Eating Disorders. It is designed to give young people (aged 16-25) rapid access to specialised evidence-based treatment and support tailored to their needs. They have a number of resources to support patients and carers.

Be Body Positive

Be Body Positive addresses the escalation of eating disorders in young people in the UK by providing digital access to early intervention resources to young people, caregivers and professionals. Modules include selective eating vs ARFID, body image and health eating, and disordered eating.

How does Social Media affect those with eating disorders

We worked with University of Loughborough to ask people who had recovered from an eating disorder how social media has affected them.
PEACE Pathway for eating disorders

PEACE is a Pathway for Eating disorders and Autism developed from Clinical Experience. Our research suggests that around 35% of people experiencing an eating disorder may may have autism spectrum condition (ASC), or present with high levels of autistic traits. We hope this pathway will support autistic people suffering with an eating disorder, their loved ones and their clinicians.

CBT-T Manual

Cognitive behavioural therapy in ten sessions for patients with non-underweight eating disorders.

In the manual you can read about the origins of CBT-T, its evidence base, the techniques that you can apply to help your patients get the maximum benefit out of this treatment, and the therapeutic principles that will guide your implementation of CBT-T.

Culturally Informed Guides: to support clinicians with identifying, assessing and treating eating disorders in minoritised persons

This resource was developed by Dr Kamala Persaud, who was Lead Clinician Principal Systemic Psychotherapist at Sussex Family Eating Disorder Service, as part of her Clinical Doctorate exploring minoritised women’s narratives of recovering from an eating disorder. The culturally informed guides were developed for systemic psychotherapists and other mental health clinicians with appropriate supervision to support them in identifying, assessing and treating eating disorders in people of colour. It includes an adapted cultural food genogram to use with sufferers of eating disorders.

FREED

FREED stands for First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for Eating Disorders. They have guides for professionals on their website, publications on early intervention, and a training course on eating disorder service transitions. You can also register to access the professional training platform and tool kit.

MindED Hub

MindED provides educational resources for all professionals and has a dedicated hub for eating disorders in people of all ages. It provides collated resources and trusted evidence-based learning curated by an expert panel on different topics including under-served groups, NHS policy guidance, legislation and reports, and influential texts.

Be Body Positive

Be Body Positive addresses the escalation of eating disorders in young people in the UK by providing digital access to early intervention resources to young people, caregivers and professionals. Modules include selective eating vs ARFID, body image and health eating, and disordered eating.

Hungry for Words – consider eating disorders in men.
Research from the University of Nottingham with interdisciplinary projects led by Prof Heike Bartel explore how arts and humanities can shape healthcare and address health inequalities. This strand focuses on eating disorders in men.

Academy for Eating Disorders

Eating disorder resources for professionals, students and experts by experience.

Eating Disorder resources in pregnancy

To find out how best to support pregnant women and mothers with eating disorders, watch the animated training film and read the other resources.

PEACE Pathway for eating disorders

PEACE is a Pathway for Eating disorders and Autism developed from Clinical Experience. Our research suggests that around 35% of people experiencing an eating disorder may may have autism spectrum condition (ASC), or present with high levels of autistic traits. We hope this pathway will support autistic people suffering with an eating disorder, their loved ones and their clinicians.