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advocacy Eating Disorder Families Australia launches free counselling for carers

Eating Disorder Families Australia launches free counselling for carers

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Recovery from an eating disorder is an incredibly challenging journey – not only for the person experiencing the eating disorder, but also for those who are caring for them. When someone is recovering from an eating disorder, having a professional team around them is vital. A treatment team would typically...

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When disaster re-ignites past trauma, reach out

Trauma comes in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes the cause is visible and sometimes it is not. The bushfires blazing over much of eastern Australia, including my beloved childhood region of East Gippsland, are sparking trauma for many people. The losses mount. Lives lost. Possessions lost. Livelihoods lost. Essential services...

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Australians celebrate: Eating disorders become a Medicare item

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Validation that eating disorders are a SERIOUS illness by June Alexander Christmas has arrived early for the estimated one million Australians living with an eating disorder. For the first time access is being provided to a comprehensive treatment plan under Medicare. Patients with severe eating disorders will be able to...

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Eating Disorders Give blood to help crack genetic code of anorexia – researchers’ call to United States and Australia

Give blood to help crack genetic code of anorexia – researchers’ call to United States and Australia

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‘Grandma, when you were in hospital last year, were you really sick?’ My eldest grandson, aged nine, and I are walking home from the local shops, enjoying a little ‘us’ time, when he pops this question, out of the blue. I pause in my step. Almost drop my bundle. This little...

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