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Community approaches to eating disorders
Several professionals specializing in eating disorders will discuss the need for new models of care and the key elements of community-based approaches currently being developed. We will also hear a personal account of someone participating in a home-based care program.
You are a healthcare or mental health professional, or work in the social or educational fields. This may also be of interest to you if you have an eating disorder or are part of an affected family and are interested in learning more about new models of care.
Eating disorders (EDs) are a group of disorders characterized by disordered eating and distorted thinking about diet, weight, and body shape, and can lead to serious physical, psychological, and social problems.
Eating disorders are estimated to affect 5% of the adolescent population, between the ages of 12 and 21, especially girls. In recent years, an increase in the number of people with this disorder has been observed, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as an onset of eating disorders at younger ages.
All of this highlights the importance of rethinking new models of care for people with eating disorders and their families and responding to their needs, for which prevention and care in the person's natural environment, with a more community-based approach, are key.
Making these new models possible requires the participation of all involved parties: professionals, people served and their families and people from the close environment.
In this digital meeting we will answer questions related to the prevention of eating disorders, the benefits of community intervention, differences between hospital and home-based intervention, and the role of the associative movement in these new models.
Several professionals specializing in eating disorders will discuss the need for new models of care and the key elements of community-based approaches currently being developed. We will also hear a personal account of someone participating in a home-based care program.
You are a healthcare or mental health professional, or work in the social or educational fields. This may also be of interest to you if you have an eating disorder or are part of an affected family and are interested in learning more about new models of care.
Eating disorders (EDs) are a group of disorders characterized by disordered eating and distorted thinking about diet, weight, and body shape, and can lead to serious physical, psychological, and social problems.
Eating disorders are estimated to affect 5% of the adolescent population, between the ages of 12 and 21, especially girls. In recent years, an increase in the number of people with this disorder has been observed, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as an onset of eating disorders at younger ages.
All of this highlights the importance of rethinking new models of care for people with eating disorders and their families and responding to their needs, for which prevention and care in the person's natural environment, with a more community-based approach, are key.
Making these new models possible requires the participation of all involved parties: professionals, people served and their families and people from the close environment.
In this digital meeting we will answer questions related to the prevention of eating disorders, the benefits of community intervention, differences between hospital and home-based intervention, and the role of the associative movement in these new models.
