About this Presentation
Eating disorders are increasingly common and GPs are often the first professional to see clinical warning signs and often the first point of contact that a patient seeks help from. This presentation provides an understanding of the causes of eating disorders, a practical guide to assessing the severity and when to refer for specialist care and/or admission. This presentation will outline the current effective treatment for eating disorders, what the GPs role in this process is, and provides some practical advice on how to engage reluctant and ambivalent patients.
About the Expert
A/Prof Warren Ward
Warren Ward is Director of the Queensland Eating Disorders Service (QuEDS) and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Queensland. He is Chair of the Queensland Health Eating Disorder Advisory Group and co-author of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry (RANZCP) Clinical Practice Guidelines for Eating Disorders. In 2017 he received the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders (ANZAED) Distinguished Achievement Award. In 2018 he was elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Eating Disorders. He has published more than forty articles and book chapters, most of them on eating disorders. He was recently appointed Medical Director of Wandi Nerida, Australia’s first residential program for eating disorders.
