European Chapter of AED Conference

MOVING TO A BETTER WORLD FOR PATIENTS WITH EATING DISORDERS AND THEIR CARERS

Registration is open for one of the most important events in the international eating disorder community -- the European Chapter pre-conference to the International Conference of Eating Disorders.

Tuesday, 7th June, 1PM to 5.00PM CET (12 to 4PM UK Time), (Live on Zoom platform and also available as recorded session)

Welcome & Introduction:

Chair: Professor Umberto Nizzoli

President of the European Chapter of Academy for Eating Disorders

Ex-President, SISDCA (Italian Society for Food Behavior Disorders)

KEYNOTE

“Rebooting Eating Disorder Services”

Professor Janet Treasure

Director of the Eating Disorder Unit and Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London

SESSIONS:

Negative and positive affect as mediators between early childhood parent's empathy& intrusiveness and the addiction in Women

Orly Yona Drori.

Clinical dietitian B.Sc, MSW, PHD St' at Bar Ilan University ,the school of social work. Lev Hasharon Mental Health Center. Israel.

Parent’s experience of caring for their children with Anorexia Nervosa: What can help the family?

Dr Ashish Kumar

Consultant Psychiatrist, Vice Chair, Faculty of Eating Disorders, Royal College of Psychiatrists, & Associate Medical Director & Clinical Lead for Eating Disorder Services for Children and Young People, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Ex-President, European Chapter of the Academy for Eating Disorders

Plenary Session- 2

New Research In Eating Disorders : Presentations from Young Researchers

Chair: Prof.Yael Latzer

Head , School of Social Work,

Professor, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel

Shared Decision Making and Autonomic Motivation in The Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa: A Pilot RCT

Alberte Jansingh

Clinical psychologist, Behaviour therapist

Altrecht Eating Disorders, Rintveld, Zeist, Utrecht, The Netherlands

A transdiagnostic approach to interpersonal functioning and eating disorder symptoms in individuals with Anorexia Nervosa and Obesity: A comparison of two studies

Katie Rowlands & Robyn Yellowlees

Research Assistant & PhD Student

Eating Disorders Research Group

IoPPN, Department of Psychological Medicine, Kings College London

Eating Behaviours of Women with Autism Spectrum Disorder - A Review

Sabrina Schröder,

Lecturer at department of Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Plenary Session 3

Chair: Dr Ashish Kumar

Vice Chair, Faculty of Eating Disorders, Royal College of Psychiatrists, & Associate Medical Director & Clinical Lead for Eating Disorder Services for Children and Young People, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Ex-President, European Chapter of the Academy for Eating Disorders

The Social Costs of Eating Disorders in the UK

Hope Virgo

Author and Multi Award Winning Mental Health Campaigner / Public Speaker

Dr Agnes Ayton

Consultant psychiatrist

Honorary Senior Lecturer at University of Oxford

Clinical Director HOPE PC TV

Chair of Faculty of Eating Disorders RCPsych

Key Note: Advances in Eating Disorder Treatment

“Hot off the Press! Eating Disorders, Genes and Environment”

Professor Cynthia Bulik

Distinguished Professor of Eating Disorders

Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine

Professor of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Founding Director, UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders

Co-Director, UNC Center for Psychiatric Genomics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Discussion, Q&A and Closure