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Somerset and Wessex Eating Disorders Association
"Serving those affected by eating disorders"
Strode House, 10 Leigh Road, Street, Somerset, BA16 0HA, England, UK

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International resources
 
A Body to Die For
My name is Keisha, and I am a recovering anorexic and bulimic. I created this website to raise money to self-publish my young adult fiction novel A Body to Die For. It is the journal of a young woman with the eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia.
Academy for Eating Disorders
An American web site. The Academy for Eating Disorders is multidisciplinary professional organization focusing on Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and related disorders. Founded in September of 1993, it believe that effective treatment for eating disorder patients requires professionals from various disciplines working together.
Anorexia HQ
An anorexia and bulimia eating disorder resource center.
Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD)
Comprehensive German eating disorders site (in German).
Eating Disorders Arena
The Eating Disorders Arena brings together a range of resources for anyone with an interest in eating disorders. You will find information on the latest book titles from Brunner-Routledge, details of topical journals, and also web resources on associations, upcoming conferences, and support groups in the field.
The Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center
EDReferral.com is dedicated to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. We provide FREE information and treatment resources for all forms of eating disorders. Referrals are offered at no cost.
Eating Disorders Online
The e journal of the Eating Disorders Internetwork Project. A comprehensive Australian site.
Eating Disorders Resources
EDR is the new incarnation of Lucy Serpell's Eating Disorder Resources, "the clearing house for eating disorders news, research, reports, conferences and opinions".
Eating Disorders Services
A community based, not-for-profit, organisation, located in Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand - "To be a leader in eating disorder care and prevention".
European Council on Eating Disorders
The ECED is an informal multidisciplinary network of people from throughout Europe who work with eating disorder sufferers in a variety of contexts.
Find Your Voice Project
To be a VOICE, to encourage people to have a voice supporting individuality. To be a voice of awareness, education, and activism towards eating disorders to people of all ages, so that no one else need die. To be a voice of support so those who are suffering will get the help they need as well as their loved ones walking with them.

Get Connected - Fighting an Eating Disorder with Chats for Primary Caregivers
Aim of this project is to use the internet as medium to support primary caregivers of patients with an Eating Disorder (e.g Anorexia Nervosa). In weekly administered chat-sessions primary caregivers can chat with a professional for Eating Disorders and others who may go through the same difficulties.

Harris Center (Harris Center for Education and Advocacy in Eating Disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital)
The Harris Center, formerly the Harvard Eating Disorders Center, led by David B. Herzog, M.D. since its inception in 1994, is dedicated to expanding knowledge about eating disorders, their detection, treatment and prevention. Through research, education, advocacy and outreach, the Center is uniquely positioned to bring together experts to generate, share and creatively disseminate this knowledge to caregivers, patients, their families and the community.
HelpGuide.com Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders Information from Helpguide.org, a non-commercial, consumer-friendly website, providing expert information on mental health and aging.
Mirror Mirror
A Canadian eating disorders site dedicated to the memory of Deborah Simone Fradin.
Obsessive Eaters Anonymous
A fellowship for people who are recovering from an obsession with weight size or eating, and uses the Twelve Step programme of recovery begun by Alcoholics Anonymous.
Overeaters Anonymous
Overeaters Anonymous is a Fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating. OA World Service Office web site.
Pale Reflections
A new American eating disorders site with a large amount of information. The site includes articles, a treatment finder, lists of helpline and much more besides.
Poppink.com
Support, inspiration, education and treatment opportunities for people with eating disorders and those who love them.
Real People Together
Real People Together is a site devoted to bringing together those who have experienced eating disorders, in order to help them overcome both shame and unrealistic body ideals, and to share with one another helpful insight on true recovery.
Salut!
Intelligent Environment for Diagnostics, Treatment and Prevention of Eating Disorders. Salut! is a project funded by the European Commission and by the Swiss Federal Office for Education and Science.
Something Fishy Website
A large, North American site with a large quantity of material. Also hosts support forums, bulletin boards, chat and ICQ support.
The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness
Seeks to establish easily accessible programs across America that allow children and young adults the opportunity to learn about eating disorders and the positive effects of a healthy body image. Furthermore, their aim is to disseminate educational information to parents and caregivers about the warning signs, dangers, and consequences of anorexia, bulimia, and other related disorders.
The Joy Project
The Joy Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit, grassroots organization based on the philosophy of using real-world, workable solutions to end the epidemic of eating disorders. We work towards reducing the rate and severity of eating disorders by supporting and conducting research, education, and support programs.
The National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC)
The National Eating Disorder Information Centre is a Toronto-based, non-profit organization, established in 1985 to provide information and resources on eating disorders and weight preoccupation.

Carer Specific Resources
 
Anorexia Carers
Designed for those people caring for sufferers of the eating disorder Anorexia Nervosa.
BodyWhys BodyWhys
Help and support for families, friends and other carers
An excellent leaflet from the many available from BodyWhys the national eating disorders charity for Ireland.
Eating Disorders - Partners in Care
A leaflet from the Partners in Care campaign of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Somerset & Wessex Eating Disorders Association Help For Carers
Somerset & Wessex Eating Disorders Association's 'Help for Carers' leaflet.

The Toolkit for Carers
Toolkit for carers by Janet Treasure, Pam MacDonald and Ulrike Schmidt.Fromt the Institute of Psychiatry.

Information for Carers of People with Anorexia Nervosa
A leaflet for Carers of people with Anorexia Nervosa from the Institute of Psychiatry Eating Disorders Unit.
Kimmeridge Court Eating Disorders Service - Carers Information
This booklet has been put together as a resource for the friends and families of people who have an eating disorder.
Yorkshire Centre for Eating Disorders
Services for carers including a support group and helpline.

Professional Resources
 
Faculty for Eating Disorders
The Faculty for Eating Disorders is a special interest group for psychologists who are Members of the Division of Clinical Psychology and who work in or have an interest or expertise in the field of eating disorders.
Harris Centre (formerly The Harvard Eating Disorders Centre)
A dynamic, interdisciplinary community of scholars dedicated to cutting-edge research, education, and public discourse in the field of eating disorders.
Institute of Psychiatry Eating Disorders Research Unit
The aim of this website is to ensure that there is an accurate diffusion of knowledge about eating disorders from research and clinical centres and to disseminate this knowledge to all stakeholders and to provide tools for implementation.
Core interventions in the treatment and management of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and related eating disorders
The full guideline.
CG9 Eating disorders: NICE guidelines.

Eating Disorders - Guidance on clinical management in primary health care (1999)
From The Eating Disorders Project - Gloucestershire Health Authority.

Guidelines for clinical management of eating disorders in primary care (2002)
From The Eating Disorders Project - Gloucestershire Health Authority.
 
Newsgroups and Forums (use with care)
 
BBC Eating Disorders Forum*
An UK based eating disorders message board hosted by BBC Online.  
SWEDA's Discussion Forums
We Bite Back
This is the site that comes after the madness. There is no place for people to go who have been finding support on pro-ana forums, communities and email lists once they decide they don't want to do the ana thing anymore... not until now.

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